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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 56 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - “And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or 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 shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - “And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:5 - “Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:11 - “And whoever[fn] will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them.[fn] Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah 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 of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:15 - “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:28 - he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - “And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as 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; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:53 - But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - “Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - “But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:4 - ‘I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - “And he said, ‘A hundred measures[fn] of oil.’ So 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 he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ So he said, ‘A hundred measures[fn] of wheat.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail,[fn] they may receive you into an everlasting home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17 - “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:45 - So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone 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 has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:59

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:59 - And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, 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 Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:1 - Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:11 - These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - “as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - Then they said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:14 - But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:15 - And his affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, 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 not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went 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 Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:14 - And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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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 - Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:10 - Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:10 - and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not 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 the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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