Word Summary
antilēpsis: a laying hold of, help
Original Word: ἀντίληψιςTransliteration: antilēpsis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-til'-ape-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a laying hold of, help
Meaning: a laying hold of, help
Strong's Concordance
help.
From antilambanomai; relief -- help.
see GREEK antilambanomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 484: ἀντίληψιςἀντίληψις (
L T Tr WH ἀντίλημψις; see Mu),
ἀντιλήψεώς,
ἡ (
ἀντιλαμβάνομαι), in secular authors,
mutual acceptance (
Thucydides 1, 120),
a laying hold of, apprehension, perception, objection of a disputant, etc. In Biblical speech
aid, help (
Psalm 21:20 (cf.
); 1 Esdr. 8:27; Sir. 11:12 Sir. 51:7; 2 Macc. 15:7, etc.); plur, 1 Corinthians 12:28, the ministrations of the deacons, who have care of the poor and the sick.