Strong's Lexicon
G3858 — παραδέχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3858 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παραδέχομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and G1209 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | paradechomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-ad-ekh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to accept near, i.e. admit or (by implication) delight in |
| KJV Renderings: | receive |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραδέχομαι; future 3 person plural παραδέξονταί; deponent middle, but in Biblical and ecclesiastical Greek with 1 aorist passive παρεδεχθην (Act 15:4 L T Tr WH; 2Ma 4:22; (cf. Buttmann, 51 (44));
1. in classical Greek from Homer down, properly, to receive, take up, take upon oneself. Hence,
2. to admit i. e. not to reject, to accept, receive: τόν λόγον, Mar 4:20; ἔθη, Act 16:21; τήν μαρτυρίαν, Act 22:18; κατηγορίαν, 1Ti 5:19 (τάς δοκιμους δραχμάς, Epictetus diss. 1, 7, 6); τινα, of a son, to acknowledge as one’s own (A. V. receiveth), Heb 12:6 (after Pro 3:12, where for øÈöÈä); of a delegate or messenger, to give due reception to, Act 15:4 L T Tr WH. (Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραδέχομαι (receive)
Mark 4:20
- KJV: And these are they which are sown on good ground such as hear the word and receive and bring forth fruit some thirtyfold some sixty and some an hundred
- GK: και ούτοί εισιν οι επί την γην την καλήν σπαρέντες οίτινες ακούουσι τον λόγον και παραδέχονται και καρποφορούσιν εν τριάκοντα και εν εξήκοντα και εν εκατόν
Acts 16:21
- KJV: And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive neither to observe being Romans
- GK: και καταγγέλλουσιν έθη α ουκ έξεστιν ημίν παραδέχεσθαι ουδέ ποιείν Ρωμαίοις ούσι
Acts 22:18
- KJV: And saw him saying unto me Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me
- GK: και ιδείν αυτόν λέγοντά μοι σπεύσον και έξελθε εν τάχει εξ Ιερουσαλήμ διότι ου παραδέξονταί σου την μαρτυρίαν περί εμού
1 Timothy 5:19
- KJV: Against an elder receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses
- GK: κατά πρεσβυτέρου κατηγορίαν μη παραδέχου εκτός ει επί δύο η τριών μαρτύρων
Hebrews 12:6
- KJV: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth
- GK: ον γαρ αγαπά κύριος παιδεύει μαστιγοί δε πάντα υιόν ον παραδέχεται