Strong G324ἀναδέχομαι

to receive

Transliteration
anadechomai
Pronunciation
an-ad-ekh'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G1209; to entertain (as a guest): - receive.

Detailed definition

ἀνα-δέχομαι
[in LXX: 2Ma.6:19 2Mac 8:36 *;]
1. to assume, undertake (in π. frequently as legal term: MM, VGT, see word): ἐπαγγελίας, Heb.11:17.

2. = cl. ὑποδέχομαι, to receive: of guests, Act.28:7.†
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In the Bible

Strong G324 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • receive2

First verses

  1. Acts 28:7
    In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
  2. Hebrews 11:17
    By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναδέχομαι,
future -δέξομαι: aorist ἀνεδεξάμην, Epic dialect aorist ἀνεδέγμην (see. below): perfect passive ἀναδέδεγμαι:— take up, catch, receive, σάκος δ᾽ ἀνεδέξατο πολλά (i.e. δόρατα) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.619; ἀ. πληγὰς εἰς τὸ σῶμα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 4; βέλη τῷ σώματι “Marc.” 10.)]
2 receive, entertain as a guest, [NT (NT.Act.28.7.)]
II take upon oneself, submit to, ἀνεδέγμεθ᾽ ὀϊζύν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.563, compare 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 60; ἁμαρτήματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.36; πόλεμον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.88.12; ἀπέχθειαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 6; ἀ. τι ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.64, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.3)]: absolutely, acknowledge one's evidence, of an absent witness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.7.)]
II.2 accept, receive, ἀγγελίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.41 (+others -δείξατ᾽))]; λουτρὰ.. μητρὸς ἀνεδέξω πάρα [Refs (E “IT” 818)]; χορηγίας, ἡγεμονίαν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 1, 23; τὸν κλῆρον “Cic.” 43; τῶν σωμάτων τὰ μανὰ ἀ. θερμότητα “Cat.Mi.” 61 (uncertain))]; accept a statement, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 77.8.)]
II.3 admit of, κλίσιν, ἀριθμόν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 29.9, +others; σχέσιν πρός τι 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 122.)]
II.4 undertake to say or do, with future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.17, etc.)]: with aorist infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 14.)]
II.4.b undertake, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 157; ὅσα ὑπισχνεῖτο καὶ ἀνεδέχετο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.7)]; take upon oneself, αἰτίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 365d)]; πρεσβείας, κινδύνους, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 339.20 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC), 441.9 (Stratonicea, 1st c.BC).)]
II.5 give security to one, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81; τινί τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.25.9)]; go bail for, τινά[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 12.4; τινὰ τῶν χρημάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.16.8)]; ἀ. τοὺς δανειστάς undertake to satisfy them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 11)]; ἀ. τὴν πίστιν ὑπέρ τινος[Refs ([prev. author] “Phoc.” 14: _absolutely_, “Leg.Gort.” 9.24,41.)]
II.6 take back, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.58.)]
II.7 experience, suffer, πάθος, ταραχάς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.82 W., “D.” 1.13; σῆψιν 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 13.3.)]
III wait for, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.52.8.)]