Topical Bible: Taker

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In the context of the Bible, the term "taker" is not explicitly used as a standalone concept but can be understood through various scriptural principles and narratives that involve taking or the act of taking. The concept of taking can be associated with both positive and negative connotations depending on the context and the intent behind the action.

Old Testament Context

1. Taking in Possession and Inheritance: The act of taking possession is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, particularly in the context of the Israelites entering the Promised Land. God commands the Israelites to take possession of the land He has given them. In Deuteronomy 1:8 , it is stated, "See, I have set the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to your fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and to their descendants after them."

2. Taking in Terms of Acquisition: The concept of taking can also refer to acquiring goods or wealth. In Proverbs 13:11 , it is written, "Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will multiply." This verse highlights the moral implications of how one takes or acquires wealth, emphasizing honesty and diligence over deceitful means.

3. Taking in the Context of Sin: The act of taking can also be associated with sin, as seen in the account of Achan in Joshua 7. Achan took some of the devoted things from Jericho, which led to Israel's defeat at Ai. Joshua 7:21 records Achan's confession: "When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them."

New Testament Context

1. Taking Up the Cross: In the New Testament, Jesus speaks of taking up one's cross as a metaphor for discipleship and self-denial. In Matthew 16:24 , Jesus says, "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me." This act of taking is a call to embrace the sacrifices and challenges of following Christ.

2. Taking in the Context of Giving: The New Testament also presents the idea of taking in the context of giving and receiving. In Acts 20:35 , Paul reminds the Ephesian elders of Jesus' words: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." This teaching encourages believers to focus on generosity rather than selfishly taking for oneself.

3. Taking in the Context of Authority: The concept of taking authority is seen in the Great Commission, where Jesus gives His disciples the authority to make disciples of all nations. In Matthew 28:18-19 , Jesus declares, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations."

Moral and Ethical Implications

The act of taking, as illustrated in the Bible, carries significant moral and ethical implications. It can reflect obedience to God's commands, as in the taking of the Promised Land, or it can reveal disobedience and sin, as in the case of Achan. The New Testament further expands on this by encouraging believers to take up their cross, emphasizing self-denial and the pursuit of righteousness.

In summary, while the term "taker" is not directly used in the Bible, the concept is woven throughout Scripture, illustrating the importance of intent, obedience, and the moral implications of one's actions in the sight of God.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.

Strong's Hebrew

5383. nashah -- to lend, become a creditor
... make (1), make the loan (1). creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer,
lend on taker on usury. A primitive root (rather identical ...
/hebrew/5383.htm - 6k

Library

Samech.
... 113. He next addeth: "Thou art my helper and my taker up" (ver.114): "my helper,"
to do good works: "my taker up," to escape evil ones. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/samech.htm

Whether Restitution is Binding on those who have not Taken?
... For restitution is a punishment of the taker. ... Secondly, on the part of the taker,
by giving him shelter or any other kind of assistance. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether restitution is binding on.htm

Psalm LXII.
... over, he hath made answer, "Shall not my soul be subject to God?"...For from Himself
is my salvation." "For Himself is my God and my salvation, my taker up, I ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxii.htm

Psalm XLVI.
... 10. "The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our taker up" (ver.7). Not
any man, not any power, not, in short, Angel, or any creature either earthly ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xlvi.htm

Psalm III.
... 3. "But Thou, O Lord, art my taker." [43] It is said to God in the nature
of man, for the taking of man is, the Word made Flesh. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm iii.htm

The Second Part.
... exulted. "For Thou hast become my taker up, and my refuge in the day of my
tribulation.". 8. "My Helper, to Thee I will play, because ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/the second part 2.htm

And on the Following Day, the Fourth Day of the Week...
... Footnotes: [2036] Tischendorf suggests aekrupsas, hidden, for apekeruxas. [2037]
Or, taker away. [2038] Following the reading of the LXX. in Psalm 1:1. ...
/.../unknown/the narrative of joseph of arimathaea/chapter 2 and on the.htm

That God's Love is to be Mingled with Ilk Time and Deed nor Fails ...
... might come to it. And yet it is not for ilk runner nor willer, but of the
lover, lifter up, and taker of Christ. The smallness of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter x that gods love.htm

That Lovers of God Shall Deem with Him: and of the Love of ...
... PRESUMPTION. Man's soul is the taker of God only; anything less than God cannot
fulfill it: wherefore earthly lovers never are fulfilled. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xi that lovers of.htm

Psalm XCI.
... to them. "He shall say unto the Lord, Thou art my taker up, and my refuge:
my God" (ver.2). Who speaks thus to the Lord? "He who ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xci.htm

Thesaurus

Taker (26 Occurrences)
...Taker (26 Occurrences). ... From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not
go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. ...
/t/taker.htm - 14k

Grass-lands (42 Occurrences)
... Joshua 21:13 And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its
grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its ...
/g/grass-lands.htm - 17k

Death-blow (6 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave
the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right ...
/d/death-blow.htm - 8k

Causing (248 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:16 But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing
his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. ...
/c/causing.htm - 38k

Lands (226 Occurrences)
... Joshua 21:13 And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its
grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its ...
/l/lands.htm - 35k

Safe (388 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:6 And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places
to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to ...
/s/safe.htm - 37k

Creditor (8 Occurrences)
... ter: (a) nosheh, participle of nashah: Exodus 22:24 (English translation: 25); 2
Kings 4:1 Isaiah 50:1; translated "extortioner," Psalm 109:11; "taker of usury ...
/c/creditor.htm - 11k

Blow (124 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:16 But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing
his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. ...
/b/blow.htm - 42k

Blows (105 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Numbers 35:18 Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands,
causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death. ...
/b/blows.htm - 35k

Interest (35 Occurrences)
... The law of Moses (Exodus 22:25) forbade loaning at interest. There was to be no
creditor and no taker of interest among them (Leviticus 25:36, 37). ...
/i/interest.htm - 21k

Resources

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Taker (26 Occurrences)

John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
(BBE)

1 Peter 4:15
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;
(BBE)

1 John 3:15
Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:6
And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:12
In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:16
But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:17
Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:18
Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:19
He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:21
Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
(BBE)

Numbers 35:28
Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 19:3
You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.
(BBE)

Joshua 20:5
And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.
(BBE)

Joshua 20:6
And he is to go on living in that town till he has to come before the meeting of the people to be judged; (till the death of him who is high priest at that time:) then the taker of life may come back to his town and to his house, to the town from which he had gone in flight.
(BBE)

Joshua 21:13
And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
(BBE)

Joshua 21:21
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
(BBE)

Joshua 21:27
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.
(BBE)

Joshua 21:32
And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.
(BBE)

Joshua 21:38
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;
(BBE)

Judges 14:14
And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.
(BBE)

2 Kings 9:31
And when Jehu was coming into the town, she said, Is all well, O Zimri, taker of your master's life?
(BBE)

Proverbs 28:24
He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
(BBE)

Isaiah 24:2
It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 18:10
If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,
(BBE)

Micah 1:15
Even now will the taker of your heritage come to you, you who are living in Mareshah: the glory of Israel will come to destruction for ever.
(BBE)

Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
(BBE)

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