Dictionary entry

ἀντίλημψις

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀντί-λημψις, (Rec. -ληψις; v. MM, VGT s.v.; M, Pr., 56), -εως,

(< ἀντιλαμβάνομαι), [in LXX for עֹז, זְרוֹעַ, etc., freq. in Pss and II, III Mac.; freq. also in π. in petitions to the Ptolemies in sense of βοήθεια (v. Deiss., LAE, 107; BS, 92, 223);]

1. cl. a laying hold of, an exchange.

2. Hellenistic (LXX, π.) help: pl. of ministrations of deacons; I Co 12:28 (DB, ii, 347 f.; Cremer, 386).†