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Strong G1209δέχομαι

to receive

Transliteration
dechomai
Pronunciation
dekh'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive (in various applications literally or figuratively): - accept receive take. Compare G2983 .

Detailed definition

δέχομαι, depon. mid.,
[in LXX chiefly for לקח;]
to receive, accept;

1. with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered: γράμματα, Luk.16:6, 7; id. in different sense, Act.28:21; ποτήριον, Luk.22:17; παιδίον (εἰς τ. ἀγκάλας), Luk.2:28; περικεφαλαίαν, μάχαιραν, Eph.6:17; ἐπιστολάς, Act.22:5; τ. βασιλείαν τ. Θεοῦ, Mrk.10:15, Luk.18:17; λογία ζῶντα, Act.7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2Co.11:4; τ. χάριν τ. Θεοῦ, 2Co.6:1; metaphorically, of mental acceptance, Mat.11:14; τ. λόγον, Luk.8:13, Act.8:14 11:1 17:11, 1Th.1:6 2:13, Jas.1:21; τὰ τ. πνεύματος, 1Co.2:14; τ. παράκλησιν, 2Co.8:17; τ. ἀγάπην τ. ἀληθείας, 2Th.2:10.

2. with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably, Mat.10:14 40, 41, Mrk.6:11, Luk.9:5 53 10:8, 10, Jhn.4:45, 2Co.7:15 11:16, Gal.4:14, Col.4:10, Heb.11:31; παιδίον, Mat.18:5, Mrk.9:37, Luk.9:48; εἰς οἴκους, σκηνάς, Luk.16:4, 9; δέξαι τ. πνεῦμά μου, Act.7:59; ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέασθαι, Act.3:21 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, ἀπ-εκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, προσ-, ὑπο-δέχομαι; Cremer, 174).†
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In the Bible

Strong G1209 appears in 48 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • receive38
  • receiveth6
  • take5
  • shall4
  • accept2
  • do1
  • have1
  • up1
  • will1
  • ye1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:14
    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
  2. Matthew 10:40
    He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
  3. Matthew 10:41
    He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
  4. Matthew 11:14
    And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
  5. Matthew 18:5
    And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
  6. Mark 6:11
    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
  7. Mark 9:37
    Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
  8. Mark 10:15
    Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
  9. Luke 2:28
    Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
  10. Luke 8:13
    They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
  11. Luke 9:5
    And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
  12. Luke 9:11
    And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
  13. Luke 9:48
    And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
  14. Luke 9:53
    And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
  15. Luke 10:8
    And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
  16. Luke 10:10
    But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
  17. Luke 16:4
    I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
  18. Luke 16:6
    And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
  19. Luke 16:7
    Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
  20. Luke 16:9
    And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
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δέχομαι,
Ionic dialect, Aeolic dialect, Cretan dialect δέκομαι, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.91, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.22, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.69)], imperfect ἐδεκόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.135:)]future δέξομαι, Epic dialect also δεδέξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.238, also in “Anthologia Graeca” 5.8 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 28(49).24; δεξοῦμαι “SIG” 360.29 (from Chersonesus))]; δεχθήσομαι (in passive sense) [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.25)]: aorist ἐδεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.238, etc., δεξάμην 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.70)]; also ἐδέχθην (ὑπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 757 (Lyric poetry, δεχθείς in _passive_sense), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.6.4, (εἰσ-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.14 (_passive_))]: perfect δέδεγμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.107, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.100, etc.)]; imperative δεδεξο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.228, _plural_ δέδεχθε “hymnus ad Apollinem” 538)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἀπο-δεδέχαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.43, +others:— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] also has Epic dialect imperfect ἐδέγμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.513)], 3rd.pers. singular δέκτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.88, +others, later ἔδεκτο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.54, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 184; _imperative_ δέξο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.10, _plural_ δέχθε 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1554)]; infinitive δέχθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 525)]; participle δέγμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.524 (also δέχμενος 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))]; also a 3rd.pers. plural present δέχαται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.147)]; compare προτίδεγμαι, and see at {δεδοκημένος}:—
I of things as the object, take, accept, receive, etc., ἄποινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1.20, etc.; μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 416e; φόρον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90; δ. τι χείρεσσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.355; τὸ διδόμενον παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 499c; τι ἐν παρακαταθήκῃ παρά τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.6.2, etc.)]; δ. τί τινι receive something at the hand of another, δέξατό οἱ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.186, compare “IG” 12(3).1075(Melos, 6th c.BC), etc.)]; accept as legal tender, ὀδελός [Refs (“GDI” 5011 (from Gortyn))]; τι παρά τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.429; τι ἔκ τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1107 (Lyric poetry); τί τινος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.596, 24.305, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1163)]; also δ. τί τινος receive in exchange for.., χρυσὸν φίλου ἀνδρὸς ἐδέξατο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.327)]; choose, τι δ. πρό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729d; μᾶλλον δ. τι ἀντί τινος [prev. author] “Grg.” 475d)]: with infinitive, prefer, δεξαίμην ἂν πάσας τὰς ἀσπίδας ἐρριφέναι ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 63b; δ. μᾶλλον.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.14, “Smp.” 4.12; οὐδεὶς ἂν δέξαιτο φεύγειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143; Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτ᾽ ἂν ὑμῶ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 41a; οὐκ ἂν δεξαίμην τι ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.5.)]
I.b catch, as in a vessel, ὀπὸν.. κάδοις δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534.3.)]
I.2 of mental reception, take, accept without complaint, χαλεπόν περ ἐόντα δεχώμεθα μῦθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.271; κῆρα δ᾽ ἐγὼ τότε δέξομαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.115.)]
I.2.b accept graciously, τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐγὼ πρόφρων δ. [Refs (23.647)]; of the gods, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά [Refs (2.420)]; προσφιλῶς γέρα δ., of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 443; τὰ σφάγια δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 204, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.86)]; τὸ χρησθέν, τὸν οἰωνὸν δ., accept, hail the oracle, the omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.63, 9.91; δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τὸν ὄρνιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 63; δ. τὰ ἀγαθά “IG” 22.410, +others; ἐδεξάμην τὸ ῥηθέν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 668: _absolutely_, δεχομένοις λέγεις θανεῖν σε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1653, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.17)]; accept, approve, τὸν λόγον, ξυμμαχίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.5, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.37; τοὺς λόγους [prev. work] 95)]; διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι τὰ δίκαια[Refs ([prev. work] 37, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 312)]; δέχεσθαι ὅρκον, see at {ὅρκος}; accept a confession, and so forgive, ἀδικίαν [LXX (LXX.Gen.50.17.)]
I.2.c simply, give ear to, hear, ὠσὶν ἠχήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1086; δ. ὀμφάν [prev. author] “Med.” 175 (Lyric poetry); τὰ παραγγελλόμενα ὀξέως δ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11, 89.)]
I.2.d take or regard as so and so, μηδὲ συμφορὰν δέχου τὸν ἄνδρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 68)]; understand in a certain sense, ὅπῃ βούλει δέξασθαι ταύτῃ δέχου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 315c)]: with infinitive, κῶλά με δέξαι νυνὶ λέγειν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 22, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.13, etc.)]
I.2.e cap verses, σκόλια δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1222.)]
I.3 take upon oneself, τὴν δαπάνην [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.28.5)]: with infinitive, undertake, [Refs (“SIG” 245.34.)]
II of persons as the object, welcome, κόλπῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.483; ἀγαθῷ νόῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60)]; ἐν μεγάροισι, ἐν δόμοισιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.331, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.110; δόμοις δ. τινά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 818)]; στέγαις, πυρὶ δ. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 47; δ. χώρᾳ [prev. author] “Med.” 713)]; τῇ τόλει δ. to admit into the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.103)]; ἀγορᾷ, ἄστει δ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.44; ἔσω [prev. passage]; εἰς τὸ τεῖχος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.6)]; δ. τινὰ ξύμμαχον accept or admit as an ally, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.43, etc.)]; accept as security, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (PGrenf. 1.33.4, etc.: _metaphorically_ of places, τόποι τοὺς κατοικιζομένους ἵλεῳ δεχόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 747e)]; entertain, δείπνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 41.2 (_anapaest meter_); δωρήμασιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 4.)]
II.2 receive as an enemy, await the attack of, ἐπιόντα δ. δουρί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.238, compare 15.745)]; of a hunter waiting for game, [Refs (4.107)]; of a wild boar waiting for the hunters, [Refs (12.147)]; of troops, εἰς χεῖρας δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.31; τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους δ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.54, compare 8.28, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.43; ἐπιόντας δ. [prev. author] 7.77; δ. τὴν πρώτην ἔφοδον [prev. author] 4.126; ἐδέξατο πόλις πόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 393.)]
II.3 expect, wait, with accusative et future infinitive, ἀλλ᾽ αἰεί τινα φῶτα.. ἐδέγμην ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐλεύσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.513, compare 12.230; also δέγμενος Αἰακίδην, ὁπότε λήξειεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.191; δεδεγμένος εἰσόκεν ἔλθῃς 10.62.)]—In these two last senses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always uses)]future δεδέξομαι, perfect δέδεγμαι, and δεδεγμένος,[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (compare δεδεγμένος ὁππόθ᾽ ἵκοιτο 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.228; δέγμενος is used in sense 3 only, except in “hymnus ad Cererem” 29, “Merc.” 477:)]infinitive δειδέχθαι as imperative, expect, with genitive, βορέω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 795, compare 907, 928.)]
III rarely with a thing as the subject, occupy, engage one, τίς ἀρχὰ δέξατο ναυτιλίας [αὐτούς]; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.70.)]
III.2 receive, hold, τὴν τροφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 531a23, +others; οἰκίαι ἱκαναὶ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς “SIG” 344.10.)]
III.3 admit of, ψεῦδος οὐδὲν δ. ἁ τῶ ἀριθμῶ φύσις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 11; τὸ μᾶλλον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 146a3, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 2.)]
III.4 Geometry texts, contain, circum-scribe, γωνίας ἴσας [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 3 “Def.” 11; πεντάγωνον 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 422.34.)]
IV intransitive, succeed, come next, ὥς μοι δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ αἰεί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.290; ἄλλος γ᾽ ἐξ ἄλλου δέχεται χαλεπώτερος ἆθλος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 800; ἄλλος ἐξ ἄλλου δ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 115.12)]; of places, ἐκ τοῦ στεινοῦ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον δέκεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.176. (δέκομαι)] is probably the original form, cf. Slavonic desiti, dositi 'find'.)