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Lexicon :: Strong's G1209 - dechomai

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δέχομαι
Transliteration
dechomai (Key)
Pronunciation
dekh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb
mGNT
56x in 21 unique form(s) TR
59x in 21 unique form(s) LXX
49x in 19 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:50,146

Strong’s Definitions

δέχομαι déchomai, dekh'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively):—accept, receive, take. Compare G2983.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's G1209 in the following manner: receive (52x), take (4x), accept (2x), take up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's G1209 in the following manner: receive (52x), take (4x), accept (2x), take up (1x).

  1. to take with the hand

    1. to take hold of, take up

  2. to take up, receive

    1. used of a place receiving one

    2. to receive or grant access to, a visitor, not to refuse intercourse or friendship

      1. to receive hospitality

      2. to receive into one's family to bring up or educate

    3. of the thing offered in speaking, teaching, instructing

      1. to receive favourably, give ear to, embrace, make one's own, approve, not to reject

    4. to receive. i.e. to take upon one's self, sustain, bear, endure

  3. to receive, get

    1. to learn

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δέχομαι déchomai, dekh'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively):—accept, receive, take. Compare G2983.
STRONGS G1209:
δέχομαι; [future 2 person plural δέξεσθε, Ephesians 6:17 Rec.bez]; 1 aorist ἐδεξάμην; perfect δεδεγμαι (Acts 8:14); deponent middle; Sept. mostly for לָקַח;
1. to take with the hand: τὸ γράμμα [L text T Tr WH τὰ γράμματα], Luke 16:6f; τὸ ποτήριον, Luke 22:17; to take hold of, take up, τ. περικεφαλαίαν, τ. μάχαιραν, Ephesians 6:17; τὸ παιδίον εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας, Luke 2:28.
2. to take up, receive (German aufnehmen, annehmen);
a. used of a place receiving one: ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέξασθαι (οὐρ. is subject), Acts 3:21, (Plato, Theact., p. 177 a. τελευτήσαντας αὐτοὺς... ὁ τῶν κακῶν καθαρὸς τόπος οὐ δέξεται).
b. with the accusative of person to receive, grant access to, a visitor; not to refuse contact or friendship: Luke 9:11 R G; John 4:45; 2 Corinthians 7:15; Galatians 4:14; Colossians 4:10; to receive to hospitality, Matthew 10:14, 40; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5, 53; Luke 10:8, 10; Acts 21:17 Rec.; Hebrews 11:31 (often in Greek writings from Homer down); παιδίον, to receive into one's family in order to bring up and educate, Matthew 18:5; Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; to receive εἰς τ. οἴκους, τὰς σκηνάς, Luke 16:4, 9; δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου, to thyself in heaven, Acts 7:59.
c. with the accusative of the thing offered in speaking, teaching, instructing; to receive favorably, give ear to, embrace, make one's own, approve, not to reject: τὸν λόγον, Luke 8:13; Acts 8:14; Acts 11:1; Acts 17:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; James 1:21; τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος, 1 Corinthians 2:14; τὴν παράκλησιν, 2 Corinthians 8:17; τὴν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας namely, commended to them, 2 Thessalonians 2:10; [add the elliptical construction in Matthew 11:14] (often in Greek writings); to receive a benefit offered, not to reject it, 2 Corinthians 8:4 Rec.
d. to receive equivalent to to take upon oneself, sustain, bear, endure: τινά, his bearing and behavior, 2 Corinthians 11:16, (τήν ἀδικίαν, Hebrew נָשָׂא, Genesis 50:17; πᾶν, ὃ ἐὰν ἐπαχθῇ, Sir. 2:4; μῦθον χαλεπόν, Homer, Odyssey 20, 271, and often in Greek writings).
3. to receive, get, (German empfangen): ἐπιστολάς, Acts 22:5; γράμματα, Acts 28:21; τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, to become a partaker of the benefits of God's kingdom, Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17; λόγια ζῶντα, Acts 7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2 Corinthians 11:4; τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ, 2 Corinthians 6:1; — equivalent to to learn: Philippians 4:18 [(?) see the commentaries at the passage].
[Synonyms: δέχομαι, λαμβάνω: The earlier classic use of these verbs sustains in the main the distinction laid down in the glossaries (e. g. Ammonius under the word λαβεῖν: λαβεῖν μέν ἐστι, τὸ κείμενόν τι ἀνελέσθαι· δέξασθαι δέ, τὸ διδόμενον ἐκ χειρός), and the suggestion of a self-prompted taking still adheres to λ. in many connexions (cf. λαβεῖν τινα γυναῖκα, ἀρχὴν λαβεῖν) in distinction from a receiving of what is offered; in use, however, the words overlap and distinctions disappear; yet the suggestion of a welcoming or an appropriating reception generally cleaves to δ. See Schmidt ch. 107, who treats of the comp. of δ in detail. Compare: ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, ἀπ-ἐκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, προσ-, ὑπο-δέχομαι]. The words are associated in 2 Corinthians 11:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
50:17
Matthew
10:14; 10:40; 11:14; 18:5
Mark
6:11; 9:37; 10:15
Luke
2:28; 8:13; 9:5; 9:11; 9:48; 9:53; 10:8; 10:10; 16:4; 16:6; 16:9; 18:17; 22:17
John
4:45
Acts
3:21; 7:38; 7:59; 8:14; 8:14; 11:1; 17:11; 21:17; 22:5; 28:21
1 Corinthians
2:14
2 Corinthians
6:1; 7:15; 8:4; 8:17; 11:4; 11:4; 11:16
Galatians
4:14
Ephesians
6:17; 6:17
Philippians
4:18
Colossians
4:10
1 Thessalonians
1:6; 2:13
2 Thessalonians
2:10
Hebrews
11:31
James
1:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1209 matches the Greek δέχομαι (dechomai),
which occurs 56 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:40 - He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41 - He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - If you are willing to receive it, this is Eliyah, who is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:5 - Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:11 - Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sedom and `Amorah in the day of judgment than for that city!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:37 - "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:15 - Most assuredly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:28 - then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:48 - and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:53 - They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into the streets of it and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:4 - I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17 - Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among yourselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:45 - So when he came into the Galil, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Yerushalayim at the feast, for they also went to the feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:21 - whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:59

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:59 - They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Yeshua, receive my Spirit!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 - Now when the apostles who were at Yerushalayim heard that Shomron had received the word of God, they sent Rock and Yochanan to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Yehudah heard that the Goyim had also received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:11 - Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - As also the Kohen Gadol and all the council of the Zakenim testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Dammesek to bring them also who were there to Yerushalayim in bonds to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - They said to him, "We neither received letters from Yehudah concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:14 - Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:15 - His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:17 - For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:4 - For if he who comes preaches another Yeshua, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different Good News, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:14 - That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn't despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Messiah Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17 - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:18 - But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:10 - Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Bar-Nabba (concerning whom you received mitzvot, "if he comes to you, receive him"),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Ruach HaKodesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:13 - For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:10 - and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31 - By faith, Rachav the prostitute, didn't perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in shalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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