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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.
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 49 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - “Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, [fn]for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - ‘Thus you shall say to Joseph, “Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “[fn]This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18 - ‘So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - ‘So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - ‘In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an [fn]overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering as the [fn]food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall [fn]remain seven days [fn]with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:1 - “So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you [fn]call them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - “Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - “Indeed, He loves [fn]the people;
All [fn]Your holy ones are in Your hand,
And they [fn]followed in Your steps;
Everyone receives of Your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - “O LORD, bless his substance,
And accept the work of his hands;
Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him,
And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, “If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, the grain offering and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron [fn]valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; they slaughtered the lambs also and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - They stood at their stations after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - “Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He [fn]support the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - “Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - “Can anyone capture him [fn]when he is on watch,
With [fn]barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:9 - “I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - To receive instruction in wise behavior,
Righteousness, justice and equity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head
And [fn]ornaments about your neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 - My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Hear, my son, and accept my sayings
And the years of your life will be many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9 - Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise of heart will receive commands,
But [fn]a babbling fool will be [fn]ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who watches his way preserves his [fn]life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When the scoffer is punished, the [fn]naive becomes wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:22 - For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the [fn]oracle. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - “Speak [fn]kindly to Jerusalem;
And call out to her, that her [fn]warfare has ended,
That her [fn]iniquity has been removed,
That she has received of the LORD’S hand
Double for all her sins.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - “In vain I have struck your sons;
They accepted no chastening.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O LORD, do not Your eyes look for [fn]truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not [fn]weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:20 - Now hear the word of the LORD, O you women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a dirge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - “Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - “And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “You shall surely drink!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:11 - Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the [fn]understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to [fn]King Jareb;
Ephraim will [fn]be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - Therefore because you [fn]impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - She heeded no voice,
She accepted no instruction.
She did not trust in the LORD,
She did not draw near to her God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - “I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me,
Accept instruction.’
So her dwelling will not be cut off
According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - “But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the LORD of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”
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