Lexical Summary analēpsis: a taking up Original Word: ἀνάληψιςTransliteration: analēpsis Phonetic Spelling: (an-al'-ape-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a taking up Meaning: a taking up Strong's Concordance taking up, ascension.From analambano; ascension -- taking up. see GREEK analambano Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 354: ἀνάληψιςἀνάληψις (ἀνάλημψις L T Tr WH; see M, μ'), ἀναλήψεως, ἡ (ἀναλαμβάνω) (from Hippocrates down), a taking up: Luke 9:51 (namely, εἰς τόν οὐρανόν of the ascension of Jesus into heaven; (cf. Test. xii. Patr. test. Levi § 18; Suicer, Thesaurus Eccles. under the word; and Meyer on Luke, the passage cited)). |
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