Greek semantic word

δέχομαι

Transliteration: dechomai

4 lexical sense(s); 57 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to receive, receiving, to accept

to receive or accept an object or benefit for which the initiative rests with the giver, but the focus of attention in the transfer is upon the receiver[source note 1]

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001224-01
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
12 (12 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest

to accept the presence of a person with friendliness[source note 2]

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001224-02
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
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32 (32 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: to receive readily, to accept, to believe

to readily receive information and to regard it as true

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001224-03
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
12 (12 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: to take hold of, to grasp, to grab

to take hold of something or someone, with or without force

Semantic domains for this sense

Advanced source details
Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001224-04
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record
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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001224
Page model version
1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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