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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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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 17 times in 14 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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