Lempsis means “receiving” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3028 — yad (“hand”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3028 λήψις (lepsis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. lepsis (lape'-sis) n. 1. receipt (the act) [from G2983] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include receiving. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
lepsis (lape'-sis) n. 1. receipt (the act) [from G2983] KJV: receiving Root(s): G2983
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3028. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
receiving
Usage: λῆμψις (Rec. λῆψις, so in cl.), -εως, ἡ (λαμβάνω), [in LXX (λῆψ-): Pro.15:29; λ. δώρων, Pro.15:27 (מַתָּנָה); λ. καὶ δόσις, Sir.41:19 42:7 * ;] receiving: δόσις καὶ λ., Php.4:15.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render lepsis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3028 (λήψις) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; Or to take away a portion or a gift; Or to gaze upon another man’s wife;
Deliver all things in number and weight; And put all in writing that thou givest out, or receivest in.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3028.
Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; Or to take away a portion or a gift; Or to gaze upon another man’s wife;
Deliver all things in number and weight; And put all in writing that thou givest out, or receivest in.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3028, grouped by book.
Lempsis (Strong's G3028) is a Greek word most simply glossed "receiving". lepsis (lape'-sis) n. 1. receipt (the act) [from G2983]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G3028 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3028 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as receiving. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3028, with linked reader references where each row is available.