Strong's Lexicon
G1237
G1237 — διαδέχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1237 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διαδέχομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1223 and G1209 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | diadechomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-ad-ekh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to receive in turn 2. (figuratively) succeed to |
| KJV Renderings: | come after |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διαδέχομαι: 1 aorist διεδεξαμην; properly, to receive through another anything left or bequeathed by him, to receive in succession, receive in turn, succeed to: τήν σκηνήν, the tabernacle, Act 7:45. (τήν ἀρχήν, τήν βασιλείαν, etc., in Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, others) (Cf. δέχομαι.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διαδέχομαι (come after)
Acts 7:45
- KJV: Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles whom God drave out before the face of our fathers unto the days of David
- GK: ην και εισήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οι πατέρες ημών μετά Ιησού εν τη κατασχέσει των εθνών ων εξώσεν ο θεός από προσώπου των πατέρων ημών έως των ημερών Δαβίδ