ἀποδέχομαι apodechomai · G0588

to receive

ἀπο-δέχομαι ; [in LXX: Tob.7:17, Jdth.13:13; Jdt.13.1, 4Mac.10:1-21 * ; ] ; to accept gladly, welcome, receive: Luk.8:40 9:11, Act.18:27 21:17 28:30; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), Act.2:41 24:3 (MM, see word; Cremer, 688).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀποδέχομαι, ; Ionic dialect ἀποδέκομαι, future -δέξομαι: aorist -εδεξάμην: perfect -δέδεγμαι (for possible passive usages of this tense see at {ἀποδείκνυμι} []: —accept, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ᾽ ἄποινα[]; ἀ. γνώμην παρά τινος accept advice from him, []; 2 accept as a teacher, follow, []; 3 admit to one's presence, τοὺς πρεσβευτάς[]; 4 mostly of admitting into the mind, ; 4.a receive favourably, approve, ἀπολογίαν[]; κατηγορίας, διαβολάς, []; τοῖσι μὴ ἀποδεκομένοισι, with accusative infinitive, those …

Where it's used 7 times

Luke 8:40 · Luke 9:11 · Acts 2:41 · Acts 18:27 · Acts 21:17 · Acts 24:3 · Acts 28:30

Source: TBESG G0588; TFLSJ G0588

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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