Strong's Lexicon
G1926 — ἐπιδέχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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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