ὑποδέχομαι hupodechomai · G5264
to receive
ὑπο-δέχομαι ; [in LXX: Tob.7:8-9 Jdth.13:13 A, 1Ma.16:15, 4Ma.13:17 * ; ] ; to receive under one's roof, receive as a guest, entertain hospitably: with accusative of person(s), Luk.19:6, Act.17:7, Jas.2:25; εἰς τ. οἶκον, Luk.10:38 (see MM, xxv).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὑποδέχομαι, ; in Ionic dialect and Doric dialect Prose ὑπο-δέκομαι []: future δέξομαι [], Doric dialect -δεξοῦμαι[]: aorist -εδεξάμην[], rarely -εδέχθην [] (Lyric poetry; used in passive sense by []; -δεχόμενος in passive sense, []: 3rd.pers. singular Epic dialect aorist 2 or imperfect ὑπέδεκτο []; 2nd pers. plural imperative ὑπόδεχθε conjecture Bentl. in []; infinitive ὑποδέχθαι []; participle ὑποδέγμενος []:—receive into one's house, welcome, ὁ δέ με (i.e. Φοίνικα) πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο []; …
Where it's used 4 times
Luke 10:38 · Luke 19:6 · Acts 17:7 · James 2:25
Source: TBESG G5264; TFLSJ G5264
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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