Strong G3858παραδέχομαι
to welcome
- Transliteration
- paradechomai
- Pronunciation
- par-ad-ekh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
παρα-δέχομαι
[in LXX: Exo.23:1 (נָשָׂא), Pro.3:12 (רָצָה), 2Ma.4:22 R, 3Ma.7:12 *;]
to receive, admit;
__(a) of things: Mrk.4:20, Act.15:4 16:21 22:18, 1Ti.5:19;
__(b) of persons: Heb.12:6 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.23:1 (נָשָׂא), Pro.3:12 (רָצָה), 2Ma.4:22 R, 3Ma.7:12 *;]
to receive, admit;
__(a) of things: Mrk.4:20, Act.15:4 16:21 22:18, 1Ti.5:19;
__(b) of persons: Heb.12:6 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3858 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- receive4
- receiveth1
- will1
First verses
- Mark 4:20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
- Acts 16:21And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
- Acts 22:18And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
- 1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παραδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect παραδέκομαι, future -ξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155c)]:—receive from another, σῆμα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.178; [Γαῖα] σταγόνας παραδεξαμένη τίκτει θνητούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 839.4 (_anapaest meter_); τὰ φερόμενα γράμματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.17, etc.)]; of children, receive by inheritance, σοφώτατα νοήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.72; τὴν ἀρχήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102; π. τὸν πόλεμον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός [prev. work] 18)]; but μάχην π. take up and continue the battle, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.40)]; receive by way of rumour or tradition, π. φήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 713c; ἀκοήν τινος [prev. author] “Ti.” 23d)]; of magistrates or others, receive articles entered in an inventory, etc., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12.91.21, +others, “PHib.” 1.32.4 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; of pupils, receive lessons from a master, τοὺς μετὰ πόνου.. παραδεχομένους [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 1.)]
b take over an office or function, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1199.3, +others (1st c.BC).)]
2 with infinitive, π. τινὶ πράττειν τι take upon oneself or engage to another to do a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.38.)]
3 admit, εἰς τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394d, 399d, 605b)]; εἰς [τὴν οἰκίαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.2; εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178)]; admit to citizenship, τῶν περιοίκων τινάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a7)]; admit as a pupil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 304b)]; π. τὸ ἔθνος admit to friendly relations, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.9.8.)]
4 admit, allow, τὴν ἀπαγωγήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.86, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155c, “Lg.” 935d; π. σκῆψιν 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 7)]; π. τὸν λόγον accept the definition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 4a28)]; recognize as correct, agree to, συντίμησιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1119.54 (1st c.BC))]; τὸ δαπανηθέν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 125.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
5 signify, κτῆσιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 171.6.)]
II in later writers the aorist παρεδέχθην takes also a passive sense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.21, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ἀξιῶ παραδεχθῆναί τινα εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους)]to be admitted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 477.24 (2nd c.AD))]; also, to be credited as a set-off, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 831.15 (3rd c.AD))]: so future -δεχθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.86.13 (1st c.AD).)]
Ionic dialect παραδέκομαι, future -ξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155c)]:—receive from another, σῆμα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.178; [Γαῖα] σταγόνας παραδεξαμένη τίκτει θνητούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 839.4 (_anapaest meter_); τὰ φερόμενα γράμματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.17, etc.)]; of children, receive by inheritance, σοφώτατα νοήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.72; τὴν ἀρχήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102; π. τὸν πόλεμον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός [prev. work] 18)]; but μάχην π. take up and continue the battle, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.40)]; receive by way of rumour or tradition, π. φήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 713c; ἀκοήν τινος [prev. author] “Ti.” 23d)]; of magistrates or others, receive articles entered in an inventory, etc., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 12.91.21, +others, “PHib.” 1.32.4 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; of pupils, receive lessons from a master, τοὺς μετὰ πόνου.. παραδεχομένους [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 1.)]
b take over an office or function, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1199.3, +others (1st c.BC).)]
2 with infinitive, π. τινὶ πράττειν τι take upon oneself or engage to another to do a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.38.)]
3 admit, εἰς τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394d, 399d, 605b)]; εἰς [τὴν οἰκίαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.2; εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178)]; admit to citizenship, τῶν περιοίκων τινάς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a7)]; admit as a pupil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 304b)]; π. τὸ ἔθνος admit to friendly relations, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.9.8.)]
4 admit, allow, τὴν ἀπαγωγήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.86, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155c, “Lg.” 935d; π. σκῆψιν 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 7)]; π. τὸν λόγον accept the definition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 4a28)]; recognize as correct, agree to, συντίμησιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1119.54 (1st c.BC))]; τὸ δαπανηθέν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 125.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
5 signify, κτῆσιν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 171.6.)]
II in later writers the aorist παρεδέχθην takes also a passive sense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.21, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; ἀξιῶ παραδεχθῆναί τινα εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους)]to be admitted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 477.24 (2nd c.AD))]; also, to be credited as a set-off, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 831.15 (3rd c.AD))]: so future -δεχθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.86.13 (1st c.AD).)]