Strong's Lexicon

G1926

G1926 — ἐπιδέχομαι

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekepidechomaiverbOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1926
Word:ἐπιδέχομαι
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G1909 and G1209
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:epidechomai
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ep-ee-dekh'-om-ai
Meaning:1. to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)
KJV Renderings:receive

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐπιδέχομαι; (from Herodotus down);

1. to receive hospitably: τινα, 3Jn 1:10 (Polybius 22, 1, 3).

2. to admit, i. e. not to reject": τινα, one’s authority, 3Jn 1:9 (τούς λόγους, 1Ma 10:46; παιδείαν, Sir 51:26). (Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἐπιδέχομαι (receive)

3 John 1:9

KJV: I wrote unto the church but Diotrephes who loveth to have the preeminence among them receiveth us not
GK: έγραψα τη εκκλησία αλλ΄ ο φιλοπρώτευων αυτών Διοτρεφής ουκ επιδέχεται ημάς

3 John 1:10

KJV: Wherefore if I come I will remember his deeds which he doeth prating against us with malicious words and not content therewith neither doth he himself receive the brethren and forbiddeth them that would and casteth out of the church
GK: δια τούτο εάν έλθω υπομνήσω αυτού τα έργα α ποιεί λόγοις πονηροίς φλυαρών ημάς και μη αρκούμενος επί τούτοις ούτε αυτός επιδέχεται τους αδελφούς και τους βουλομένους κωλύει και εκ της εκκλησίας εκβάλλει
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