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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 49 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - So now, you are banished 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 - "No, please take them," Jacob said. "If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - 'Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.' Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father." When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18 - If some of the meat of his peace offering sacrifice is ever eaten on the third day it will not be accepted; it will not be accounted to the one who presented it, since it is spoiled, and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - "When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:1 - "When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the 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, so the LORD spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, O LORD, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, "If the LORD wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD's temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - The priests then entered the LORD's temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD's temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - "Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - "Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:9 - I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 - My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that 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 person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:22 - for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the LORD and the king can bring?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh; an oracle: This man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ukal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - "Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - "It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - Then the LORD said to me, "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:20 - I said, "So now, you wailing women, hear what the LORD says. Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor this lament.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the LORD who rules over all says 'You most certainly must drink it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:11 - Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the LORD; she does not seek the advice of her God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, 'The LORD who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.'"
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