Strong's Lexicon
G1209 — δέχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1209 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δέχομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 56 |
| Transliteration: | dechomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dekh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to receive {(in various applications, literally or figuratively)} |
| KJV Renderings: | accept, receive, take |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δέχομαι; (future 2 person plural δεξεσθε, Eph 6:17 Rec.bez); 1 aorist ἐδεξάμην; perfect δεδεγμαι (Act 8:14); deponent middle; the Sept. mostly for ìÈ÷Çç;
1. to take with the hand: τό γράμμα (L text T Tr WH τά γράμματα), Luk 16:6 f; τό ποτήριον, Luk 22:17; to take hold of, take up, τήν περικεφαλαίαν ... τήν μάχαιραν, Eph 6:17; τό παιδίον εἰς ἀγκάλας, Luk 2:28.
2. to take up, receive (German aufnehmen,annehmen);
a. used of a place receiving one: ὅν δεῖ οὐρανόν δέξασθαι (οὐρανόν is subject), Act 3:21 (Plato, Theact., p. 177 a. τελευτησαντας αὐτούς ... ὁ τῶν κακῶν καθαρός τόπος οὐ δέξεται).
b. with the accusative of person to receive, grant access to, a visitor; not to refuse contact or friendship: Luk 9:11 R G; Joh 4:45; 2Co 7:15; Gal 4:14; Col 4:10; to receive to hospitality, Mat 10:14; Mat 10:40; Mar 6:11; Luk 9:5; Luk 9:53; Luk 10:8; Luk 10:10; Act 21:17 Rec.; Heb 11:31 (often in Greek writings from Homer down); παιδίον, to receive into one’s family in order to bring up and educate, Mat 18:5; Mar 9:37; Luk 9:48; to receive εἰς τούς οἴκους, τάς σκηνάς, Luk 16:4; Luk 16:9; δέξαι τό πνεῦμα μου, to thyself in heaven, Act 7:59.
c. with the accusative of the thing offered in speaking, teaching, instructing; to receive favorably, give ear to, embrace, make one’s own, approve, not to reject: τόν λόγον, Luk 8:13; Act 8:14; Act 11:1; Act 17:11; 1Th 1:6; 1Th 2:13; Jas 1:21; τά τοῦ πνεύματος 1Co 2:14; τήν παράκλησιν, 2Co 8:17; τήν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας namely, commended to them, 2Th 2:10; (add the elliptical construction in Mat 11:14) (often in Greek writings); to receive a benefit offered, not to reject it, 2Co 8:4 Rec. d. to receive equivalent to to take upon oneself, sustain, bear, endure: τινα, his bearing and behavior, 2Co 11:16 τήν ἀδικίαν, Hebrew ðÈùÈÒà, Gen 50:17; πᾶν, ὁ ἐάν ἐπαχθῇ, Sir 2:4; μυθον χαλεπόν, Homer, Odyssey 20, 271, and often in Greek writers).
3. to receive, get, (German empfangen): ἐπιστολάς, Act 22:5; γράμματα, Act 28:21; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, to become a partaker of the benefits of God’s kingdom, Mar 10:15; Luk 18:17; λόγια ζῶντα, Act 7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2Co 11:4; τήν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ, 2Co 6:1; — equivalent to to learn: Php 4:18 ((?) see the commentaries at the passage). [SYNONYMS: δέχομαι, λαμβάνω: The earlier classic use of these verbs sustains in the main the distinction laid down in the glossaries (e. g. Ammonius, under the word λαβεῖν; λαβεῖν μέν ἐστι, τό κείμενον τί ἀνέλεσθαι. δέξασθαι δέ, τό διδόμενον ἐκ χειρός), and the suggestion of a self-prompted taking still adheres to λαμβάνω in many connections (cf. λαβεῖν τινα γυναῖκα, ἀρχήν λαβεῖν) in distinction from a receiving of what is offered; in use, however, the words overlap and distinctions disappear; yet the suggestion of a welcoming or an appropriating reception generally cleaves to δέχομαι. See Schimdt, chapter 107, who treats of the compound of δέχομαι. in detail. Compare: ἀναδέχομαι, ἀποδέχομαι, διαδέχομαι, εἰσδέχομαι, ἐκδέχομαι, ἀπεκδέχομαι, ἐνδέχομαι, ἐπιδέχομαι, παραδέχομαι, προσδέχομαι, ὑποδέχομαι.]
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δέχομαι (accept)
Matthew 10:14
- KJV: 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
- GK: και ος εάν μη δέξηται υμάς μηδέ ακούση τους λόγους υμών εξερχόμενοι της οικίας η της πόλεως εκείνης εκτινάξατε τον κονιορτόν των ποδών υμών
Matthew 10:40
- KJV: He that receiveth you receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me
- GK: ο δεχόμενος υμάς εμέ δέχεται και ο εμέ δεχόμενος δέχεται τον αποστείλαντά με
Matthew 10:41
- KJV: 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
- GK: ο δεχόμενος προφήτην εις όνομα προφήτου μισθόν προφήτου λήψεται και ο δεχόμενος δίκαιον εις όνομα δικαίου μισθόν δικαίου λήψεται
Matthew 11:14
- KJV: And if ye will receive this is Elias which was for to come
- GK: και ει θέλετε δέξασθαι αυτός εστιν Ηλίας ο μέλλων έρχεσθαι
Matthew 18:5
- KJV: And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me
- GK: και ος εάν δέξηται παιδίον τοιούτον εν επί τω ονόματί μου εμέ δέχεται
Mark 6:11
- KJV: 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
- GK: και όσοι αν μη δέξωνται υμάς μηδέ ακούσωσιν υμών εκπορευόμενοι εκείθεν εκτινάξατε τον χούν τον υποκάτω των ποδών υμών εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς αμήν λέγω υμίν ανεκτότερον έσται Σοδόμοις η Γομόρροις εν ημέρα κρίσεως η τη πόλει εκείνη
Mark 9:37
- KJV: 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
- GK: ος εάν εν των τοιούτων παιδίων δέξηται επί τω ονόματί μου εμέ δέχεται και ος εάν εμέ δέξηται ουκ εμέ δέχεται αλλά τον αποστείλαντά με
Mark 10:15
- KJV: Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child he shall not enter there in
- GK: αμήν λέγω υμίν ος εάν μη δέξηται την βασιλείαν του θεού ως παιδίον ου εισέλθη εις αυτήν
Luke 2:28
- KJV: Then took he him up in his arms and blessed God and said
- GK: και αυτός εδέξατο αυτό εις τας αγκάλας αυτού και ευλόγησε τον θεόν και είπε
Luke 8:13
- KJV: They on the rock 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
- GK: οι δε επί της πέτρας οι όταν ακούσωσι μετά χαράς δέχονται τον λόγον και ούτοι ρίζαν ουκ έχουσιν οι προς καιρόν πιστεύουσι και εν καιρώ πειρασμού αφίστανται
Luke 9:5
- KJV: 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
- GK: και όσοι εάν μη δέξωνται υμάς εξερχόμενοι από της πόλεως εκείνης και τον κονιορτόν από των ποδών υμών αποτινάξατε εις μαρτύριον επ΄ αυτούς
Luke 9:11
- KJV: And the people when they knew followed him and he received them and spake unto them of the kingdom of God and healed them that had need of healing
- GK: οι δε όχλοι γνόντες ηκολούθησαν αυτώ και δεξάμενος αυτούς ελάλει αυτοίς περί της βασιλείας του θεού και τους χρείαν έχοντας θεραπείας ιάτο
Luke 9:48
- KJV: 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
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς ος εάν δέξηται τούτο το παιδίον επί τω ονόματί μου εμέ δέχεται και ος εάν εμέ δέξηται δέχεται τον αποστείλαντά με ο γαρ μικρότερος εν πάσιν υμίν υπάρχων ούτος έσται μέγας
Luke 9:53
- KJV: And they did not receive him because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem
- GK: και ουκ εδέξαντο αυτόν ότι το πρόσωπον αυτού ην πορευόμενον εις Ιερουσαλήμ
Luke 10:8
- KJV: And into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you eat such things as are set before you
- GK: και εις δ΄ ην αν πόλιν εισέρχησθε και δέχωνται υμάς εσθίετε τα παρατιθέμενα υμίν
Luke 10:10
- KJV: But into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you not go your ways out into the streets of the same and say
- GK: εις ην δ΄ αν πόλιν εισέρχησθε και μη δέχωνται υμάς εξελθόντες εις τας πλατείας αυτής είπατε
Luke 16:4
- KJV: I am resolved what to do that when I am put out of the stewardship they may receive me into their houses
- GK: έγνων τι ποιήσω ίνα όταν μετασταθώ της οικονομίας δέξωνταί με εις τους οίκους αυτών
Luke 16:6
- KJV: And he said An hundred measures of oil And he said unto him Take thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty
- GK: ο δε είπεν εκατόν βάτους ελαίου και είπεν αυτώ δέξαι σου το γράμμα και καθίσας ταχέως γράψον πεντήκοντα
Luke 16:7
- KJV: 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
- GK: έπειτα ετέρω είπεν συ δε πόσον οφείλεις ο δε είπεν εκατόν κόρους σίτου και λέγει αυτώ δέξαι σου το γράμμα και γράψον ογδοήκοντα
Luke 16:9
- KJV: 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
- GK: καγώ υμίν λέγω ποιήσατε εαυτοίς φίλους εκ του μαμωνά της αδίκιας ίνα όταν εκλείπητε δέξωνται υμάς εις τας αιωνίους σκηνάς
Luke 18:17
- KJV: Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein
- GK: αμήν λέγω υμίν ος εάν μη δέξηται την βασιλείαν του θεού ως παιδίον ου εισέλθη εις αυτήν
Luke 22:17
- KJV: And he took the cup and gave thanks and said Take this and divide among yourselves
- GK: και δεξάμενος ποτήριον ευχαριστήσας είπε λάβετε τούτο και διαμερίσατε εαυτοίς
John 4:45
- KJV: Then when he was come into Galilee the Galilæans received him having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast for they also went unto the feast
- GK: ότε ούν ήλθεν εις την Γαλιλαάν εδέξαντο αυτόν οι Γαλιλαίοι πάντα εωρακότες α εποίησεν εν Ιεροσολύμοις εν τη εορτή και αυτοί γαρ ήλθον εις την εορτήν
Acts 3:21
- KJV: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began
- GK: ον δει ουρανόν μεν δέξασθαι άχρι χρόνων αποκαταστάσεως πάντων ων ελάλησεν ο θεός διά στόματος πάντων αγίων αυτού προφητών απ΄ αιώνος
Acts 7:38
- KJV: This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina and our fathers who received the lively oracles to give unto us
- GK: ούτός εστιν ο γενόμενος εν τη εκκλησία εν τη ερήμω μετά του αγγέλου του λαλούντος αυτώ εν τω όρει Σινά και των πατέρων ημών ος εδέξατο λόγια ζώντα δούναι ημίν
Acts 7:59
- KJV: And they stoned Stephen calling upon and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit
- GK: και ελιθοβόλουν τον Στέφανον επικαλούμενον και λέγοντα κύριε Ιησού δέξαι το πνεύμά μου
Acts 8:14
- KJV: Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God they sent unto them Peter and John
- GK: ακούσαντες δε οι εν Ιεροσολύμοις απόστολοι ότι δέδακται η Σαμάρεια τον λόγον του θεού απέστειλαν προς αυτούς τον Πέτρον και Ιωάννην
Acts 11:1
- KJV: And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God
- GK: ήκουσαν δε οι απόστολοι και οι αδελφοί οι όντες κατά την Ιουδαίαν ότι και τα έθνη εδέξαντο τον λόγον του θεού
Acts 17:11
- KJV: These were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so
- GK: ούτοι δε ήσαν ευγενέστεροι των εν Θεσσαλονίκη οίτινες εδέξαντο τον λόγον μετά πάσης προθυμίας το καθ΄ ημέραν ανακρίνοντες τας γραφάς ει έχοι ταύτα ούτως
Acts 21:17
- KJV: And when we were come to Jerusalem the brethren received us gladly
- GK: γενομένων δε ημών εις Ιεροσόλυμα ασμένως εδέξαντο ημάς οι αδελφοί