Greek word · G4356

πρόσληψις

proslēpsis

acceptance

A taking to oneself, receiving, acceptance, welcoming in. It comes from proslambanomai, 'take to oneself, receive, welcome'.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

πρόσ-λημψις (Rec. -ληψις, as in Att..), -εως, ἡ

(προσλαμβάνω),

1. an assumption (Plat.).

2. a receiving (cf. προσλαμβάνω): Romans 11:15,†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Romans 11:15

Range of meaning

A taking to oneself, receiving, acceptance, welcoming in. It comes from proslambanomai, 'take to oneself, receive, welcome'.

Against the English

KJV 'receiving' and modern 'acceptance' are both fine. 'Acceptance' can sound like 'tolerance' or 'approval', while the Greek pictures being taken in and welcomed, as a household receives a guest.

Used elsewhere in the period

Used only here in the NT and absent from the LXX. Paul uses the verb for God's and Christ's welcome: 'God has received him' (14:3); 'receive one another, as Christ also received you' (15:7). The spelling with -μ- (proslēmpsis) is the normal Hellenistic form. Strong's lists it under the classical spelling proslēpsis.

Where it appears

Romans · 1

  1. Romans 11:15 πρόσλημψις acceptance

    For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

    Here: Being taken to oneself, welcomed in. The opposite of 'casting-off': Israel's future reception, most likely by God (cf. the verb in 14:3; 15:7).

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