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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
47x 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 47 times in 47 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now [fn]pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - And he received them at their hands, and formed them with a graving tool; and he made them a molten calf, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18 - And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatsoever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - And if it should be at all eaten on the third day, it is unfit for sacrifice: it shall not be accepted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - And a calf or a sheep with the ears cut off, or that has lost its tail, thou shalt slay them for thyself; but they shall not be accepted for thy vow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Neither shall ye offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt-offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:1 - And it shall come to pass when all these things shall have come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thy face, and thou shalt [fn]call them to mind among all the nations, wherein the Lord shall have scattered thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle would watch over his brood, and yearns over his young, receives them having spread his wings, and takes them up on his back:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - And he spared his people, and all his sanctified ones are under thy hands; and they are under thee; and he received of his words

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, Lord, his strength, and accept the works of his hands; break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, and let not them that hate him rise up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to slay us, he would not have received of our hand a whole-burnt-offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shewn us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things [fn]as at this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in the house of the Lord: for he offered there the whole-burnt-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not sufficient to receive the whole-burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify it, and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received it to cast into the brook of Kedron without.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - And they slew the calves, and the priests received the blood, and poured it on the altar: and they slew the rams, and poured the blood upon the altar: also they slew the lambs, and poured the blood round the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:9 - (LXX 49:9) I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - to receive also [fn]hard sayings, and to understand true justice, and how to direct judgment;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 - My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9 - Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - Speak, ye priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double the amount of her sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - In vain have I smitten your children; ye have not received correction: a sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet ye feared not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - Therefore thou shalt speak this word to them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:20 - (LXX 9:19) Hear now, ye women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and every woman her neighbour a dirge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they hearkened not, and inclined not their ear, but stiffened their neck more than their fathers did, so as not to hear me, and not to receive correction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - (LXX 32:28) And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand, to drink it, that thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; Ye shall surely drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:11 - The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land for all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But do ye receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.
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