noun · feminine

lēmpsias

Greekλῆμψις (lēmpsis)

Strong’sG3028

a receiving

stem lēmpsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

receiving1×

What it means

λῆμψις (Rec. λῆψις, so in cl.), -εως, ἡ

(< λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pr 15:29 (16:8); λ. δώρων, Pr 15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Si 41:19 42:7*;]

receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Phl 4:15.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3028 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlape'-sis

receipt (the act)

Fromfrom G2983;

King Jamesreceiving.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	lēmpsias	lēmpsiais
object accusative	lēmpsian	lēmpsiain
direct address vocative	lēmpsiar	lēmpsiair
of, belonging to genitive	lēmpsiau1×λήμψεως	lēmpsiaiu
to, for dative	lēmpsia	lēmpsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

lēmpsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

lēmpsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

lēmpsiau“receiving”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Philippians 4:15“receiving”Oidavē de kai vis, Filippēsioir, hoti en archa teu euangelieu, hote exerchama apo Makedoniau, oudenas mi ekklēsas koinōnata eis logon dosiau kai lēmpsiau ei mē vis monois,And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.