you took along the tent of Moloch

ἀναλαμβάνω (λαμβάνω ‘take’; Hdt.+) 2 aor. ἀνέλαβον; pf. ἀνείληφα. Mid.: fut. ἀναλήψομαι; 2 aor. 3 sg. ἀνελάβετο TestJos 16:5. Pass.: 1 fut. ἀναληφθήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἀνελή(μ)φθην (B-D-F §101 λαμβ.; Mlt-H. 246f).

① to lift up and carry away, take up εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν (4 Km 2:10f; 1 Macc 2:58; Philo, Mos. 2, 291; TestAbr A 7 p. 84, 16 [Stone p. 16], B 4 p. 108, 16 [Stone p. 64] al.; Just., D. 80, 4; cp. Did., Gen. 148, 2; cp. ἀνάλημψις AssMos p. 64 Denis [=p. 272 Tromp] and PtK Fgm. 4 p. 15, 36) pass. of Christ Mk 16:19; Ac 1:11 (Just., D. 32, 3; Mel., P. 70, 510; of dead pers. εἰς οὐρανούς TestJob 39:12). Of Paul εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τόπον ἀνελήμφθη he was taken up into the realm of the blessed 1 Cl 5:7. In same sense without εἰς τ. οὐ. (cp. Sir 48:9; 49:14; TestAbr A 15 p. 95, 15 [Stone p. 38] ἀφʼ ὑμῶν; ParJer 9:3) Ac 1:2 (PvanStempvoort, NTS 5, ’58/59, 30–42 takes Ac 1:2 to refer to the death of Christ; JDupont, NTS, ’61/62, 154–57, to his ascension. Cp. also BMetzger, The Mng. of Christ’s Ascension, RTStamm memorial vol., ’69, 118–28), 22; 1 Ti 3:16; GPt 5:19. Perh. of a deceased woman (Christian ins ἀνελήμφθη=‘has died’, like our ‘is in heaven’: Byzantion 2, 1926, 330; CB I /2, 561, no. 454) Hv 1, 1, 5 (see handbooks ad loc.). Of a sheet Ac 10:16.

② to take up in order to carry, take up ἀ. τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολόχ you took along the tent of Moloch Ac 7:43 (Am 5:26).—Of weapons take (Hdt. 3, 78, 2; 9, 53, 16 et al.; SIG 742, 45; 49; 2 Macc 10:27; Jdth 6:12; 7:5; 14:3 ἀναλαβόντες τὰς πανοπλίας; Jos., Ant. 20, 110 πανοπλ. ἀναλ.; 121) τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ θεοῦ Eph 6:13. τὸν θυρεὸν τῆς πίστεως vs. 16.

③ to make someth. one’s own by taking, w. focus on moral or transcendent aspects, take to one’s self, adopt (TestJob 21:4 λογισμόν; ParJer 9:22 [Christ.] ὁμοιότητα; Ar. 15, 1 σάρκα [of Christ]; Tat. 10, 1 ἀετοῦ μορφήν; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 28, 49 Βίον, ὸ̔ν Ἰησοῦς ἐδίδαξεν) τὴν πραϋπάθειαν ITr 8:1. ζῆλον ἄδικον καὶ ἀσεβῆ 1 Cl 3:4; μιαρὸν καὶ ἄδικον ζῆλον 45:4.— Accept παιδείαν 56:2 (s. παιδεία 1).—ἀ. τὴν διαθήκην ἐπὶ στόματός σου take the covenant in your mouth 35:7 (Ps 49:16).—τὴν δύναμίν τινος take back someone’s power Hs 9, 14, 2. τὴν ζωήν receive life Hs 9, 16, 3.

④ take someone along on a journey, take along of a travel companion (Thu., X.; 2 Macc 12:38; Jos., Bell. 2, 551, Ant. 4, 85; TestJos 16:5) 2 Ti 4:11; of Paul’s escort Ac 23:31.— Take on board (Thu. 7, 25, 4) 20:13f.

⑤ take up someth. for scrutiny, take in hand (βύβλοι ‘divisions of a book or treatise’ Polyb. 3, 9, 3; βιβλίον 1 Esdr 9:45) τὴν ἐπιστολὴν τ. μακαρίου Παύλου 1 Cl 47:1.—DELG s.v. λαμβάνω. M-M. TW.