Dictionary entry

ὑπολαμβάνω

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

ὑπο-λαμβάνω

[in LXX: Jb 2:44:1 and freq. (עָנָה), Ps 47 (48):9 (דָּמָה pi.), To 6:17, Wi 17:2, III Mac 3:8, 11, al.;]

1. to take or bear up (by supporting from beneath): c. acc pers., Ac 1:9.

2. to receive, welcome, entertain (Xen.): III Jo 8.

3. to catch up in speech (Hdt., al.; Jb, ll. c.): Lk 10:30.

4. Of mental action, to assume, suppose (Xen., al.; To, Wis, III Mac, ll. c.): Ac 2:15; seq. ὅτι (v. Bl., § 70, 2), Lk 7:43.†