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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 - Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - But Jacob insisted, “No, if I have found favor with you, please accept this gift from me. And what a relief to see your friendly smile. It is like seeing the face of God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.’ So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18 - If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the LORD. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - If a bull[fn] or lamb has a leg that is too long or too short, it may be offered as a voluntary offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - and you must not accept such an animal from foreigners and then offer it as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf, for they are mutilated or defective.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - “When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must be left with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a special gift to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:1 - “In the future, when you experience all these blessings and curses I have listed for you, and when you are living among the nations to which the LORD your God has exiled you, take to heart all these instructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - Like an eagle that rouses her chicks
and hovers over her young,
so he spread his wings to take them up
and carried them safely on his pinions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Indeed, he loves his people;[fn]
all his holy ones are in his hands.
They follow in his steps
and accept his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless the ministry of the Levites, O LORD,
and accept all the work of their hands.
Hit their enemies where it hurts the most;
strike down their foes so they never rise again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said, “If the LORD were going to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn’t have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:7 - Solomon then consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar he had built could not hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrificial fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - The priests went into the sanctuary of the Temple of the LORD to cleanse it, and they took out to the Temple courtyard all the defiled things they found. From there the Levites carted it all out to the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Next they killed the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar. And finally, they did the same with the male lambs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - Then they took their places at the Temple as prescribed in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites brought the sacrificial blood to the priests, who then sprinkled it on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - “This truth was given to me in secret,
as though whispered in my ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “But look, God will not reject a person of integrity,
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.[fn]
Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - No one can catch it off guard
or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:9 - But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:9 - What you learn from them will crown you with grace
and be a chain of honor around your neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 - My child,[fn] listen to what I say,
and treasure my commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - My child,[fn] listen to me and do as I say,
and you will have a long, good life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9 - Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise are glad to be instructed,
but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The path of the virtuous leads away from evil;
whoever follows that path is safe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise;
if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:22 - for disaster will hit them suddenly.
Who knows what punishment will come
from the LORD and the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh contain this message.[fn]
I am weary, O God;
I am weary and worn out, O God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.
Tell her that her sad days are gone
and her sins are pardoned.
Yes, the LORD has punished her twice over
for all her sins.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - “I have punished your children,
but they did not respond to my discipline.
You yourselves have killed your prophets
as a lion kills its prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, you are searching for honesty.
You struck your people,
but they paid no attention.
You crushed them,
but they refused to be corrected.
They are determined, with faces set like stone;
they have refused to repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - “Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:20 - Listen, you women, to the words of the LORD;
open your ears to what he has to say.
Teach your daughters to wail;
teach one another how to lament.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And if they refuse to accept the cup, tell them, ‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: You have no choice but to drink from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:11 - to worship other gods.
“Wine has robbed my people
of their understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - This idol will be carted away to Assyria,
a gift to the great king there.
Ephraim will be ridiculed and Israel will be shamed,
because its people have trusted in this idol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - No one can tell it anything;
it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the LORD
or draw near to its God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - I thought, ‘Surely they will have reverence for me now!
Surely they will listen to my warnings.
Then I won’t need to strike again,
destroying their homes.’
But no, they get up early
to continue their evil deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, ‘We have received what we deserved from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He has done what he said he would do.’”
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