Strong G2144εὐπρόσδεκτος

acceptable

Transliteration
euprosdektos
Pronunciation
yoo-pros'-dek-tos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G2095 and a derivative of G4327; well received that is approved favorable: - acceptable (-ted).

Detailed definition

εὐ-πρόσ-δεκτος, -ον
(εὖ, προσδέχομαι)
more usual than δέκτος, which see, acceptable: Rom.15:16, 31, 2Co.6:2 8:12, 1Pe.2:5.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2144 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • accept2
  • acceptable2
  • accepted1

First verses

  1. Romans 15:16
    That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
  2. Romans 15:31
    That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:2
    (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
  4. 2 Corinthians 8:12
    For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
  5. 1 Peter 2:5
    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐπρόσ-δεκτος, ον,
acceptable, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.15.16,31; τοῖς πολλοῖς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.801c)]; εὐχή, θυσία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 24, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1054)]; ὥσπερ οὐκ εὐ. (i.e. ὄν) with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.Supp.” p.7S.)]