- Original: ὑπολαμβάνω - Transliteration: Hupolambano - Phonetic: hoop-ol-am-ban'-o - Definition: 1. to take up in order to raise, to bear on high a. to take up and carry away 2. to receive hospitably, welcome 3. to take up a. follow in speech, in order either to reply to or controvert or supplement what another has said 4. to take up in the mind a. to assume, suppose - Origin: from G5259 and G2983 - TDNT entry: 04:15,5 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G5259 and G2983 ; to take from below that is carry upward; figuratively to take up that is continue a discourse or topic; mentally to assume (presume): - answer receive suppose. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • answering, 1 Luke 10:30 • received, 1 Act 1:9 • suppose, 2 Luke 7:43; Act 2:15