προσλαμβάνω

Matthew 16:22 προσλαβόμενος having taken aside

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”

Here: Middle voice: Peter 'took him to himself', pulling Jesus aside, perhaps physically by the arm, for a private word. It is the move of someone who means to correct another person quietly.

Mark 8:32 προσλαβόμενος having taken

He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

Acts 17:5 προσλαβόμενοι having taken to [them]

The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

Here: The middle voice means 'taking them on for their own purposes': recruiting allies. The synagogue opponents do not riot themselves. They bring in hired or willing muscle.

Acts 18:26 προσελάβοντο they took to [them]

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

Here: In the middle voice: 'took him to themselves'. It can mean drawing someone aside privately or welcoming someone into your company or home. Either way they dealt with him personally and off the public stage, not by challenging him in the synagogue.

Acts 27:33 προσλαβόμενοι. having taken.

Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

Acts 27:36 προσελάβοντο they took

They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

Here: The middle form means 'took for themselves'. Used with a food word it simply means they ate a portion, which answers Paul's urging in vv. 33-34 that they 'take some food'.

Acts 28:2 προσελάβοντο they received

The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.

Here: The middle form means 'they took us to themselves.' It describes drawing strangers into their company and care. Paul uses the same verb for welcoming one another in Rom 14:1; 15:7 and in Philemon 17.

Romans 14:1 προσλαμβάνεσθε do receive

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

Here: A command to the whole church (it is plural), in the form that means "keep doing it." The middle voice means "take to yourselves": bring him into your circle, your house, your table. Paul uses the same verb for God having welcomed this person (14:3) and for Christ welcoming the church (15:7).

Romans 14:3 προσελάβετο. has received.

The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

Here: Aorist middle: 'took him to himself', 'welcomed him in'. It is the same verb as the command in 14:1 ('welcome the one weak in faith'). God has already received this person into his household. The church's welcome copies God's.

Romans 15:7 προσλαμβάνεσθε προσελάβετο do receive, received

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

Here: A command in the present tense and middle voice: "keep taking one another in, into your own company." It means actually welcoming someone into your house, your table and your circle, not just putting up with them. It repeats the command of 14:1.

Philemon 1:17 προσλαβοῦ do yourself receive

So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive me.