δέχομαι, depon. mid., [in LXX chiefly for לקח ;] to receive, accept; 1. with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered: γράμματα, Luk.16:6, 7; id. in different sense, Act.28:21; ποτήριον, Luk.22:17; παιδίον (εἰς τ. ἀγκάλας), Luk.2:28; περικεφαλαίαν, μάχαιραν, Eph.6:17; ἐπιστολάς, Act.22:5; τ. βασιλείαν τ. Θεοῦ, Mrk.10:15, Luk.18:17; λογία ζῶντα, Act.7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2Co.11:4; τ. χάριν τ. Θεοῦ, 2Co.6:1; metaphorically, of mental acceptance, Mat.11:14; τ. λόγον, Luk.8:13, Act.8:14 11:1 17:11, 1Th.1:6 2:13, Jas.1:21; τὰ τ. πνεύματος, 1Co.2:14; τ. παράκλησιν, 2Co.8:17; τ. ἀγάπην τ. ἀληθείας, 2Th.2:10. 2. with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably, Mat.10:14 40, 41, Mrk.6:11, Luk.9:5 53 10:8, 10, Jhn.4:45, 2Co.7:15 11:16, Gal.4:14, Col.4:10, Heb.11:31; παιδίον, Mat.18:5, Mrk.9:37, Luk.9:48; εἰς οἴκους, σκηνάς, Luk.16:4, 9; δέξαι τ. πνεῦμά μου, Act.7:59; ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέασθαι, Act.3:21 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, ἀπ-εκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, προσ-, ὑπο-δέχομαι; Cremer, 174).† (AS)
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G1209 — δέχομαι
dechomai · to receive · Greek
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Matthew 10:14 · δέξηταιWhoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.Matthew 10:40 · δεχόμενος · δέχεται, · δεχόμενος · δέχεταιHe who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.Matthew 10:41 · δεχόμενος · δεχόμενοςHe who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.Matthew 11:14 · δέξασθαι,If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.Matthew 18:5 · δέξηται · δέχεται.Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,Mark 6:11 · δέξηταιWhoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”Mark 9:37 · δέξηται · δέχεται· · δέχηται, · δέχεται“Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”Mark 10:15 · δέξηταιMost certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”Luke 2:28 · ἐδέξατοthen he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,Luke 8:13 · δέχονταιThose on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.Luke 9:5 · δέχωνταιAs many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”Luke 9:48 · δέξηται · δέχεται· · δέξηται, · δέχεταιand said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”Luke 9:53 · ἐδέξαντοThey didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.Luke 10:8 · δέχωνταιInto whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.Luke 10:10 · δέχωνταιBut into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,Luke 16:4 · δέξωνταίI know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’Luke 16:6 · δέξαιHe said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’Luke 16:7 · δέξαιThen he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’Luke 16:9 · δέξωνταιI tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.Luke 18:17 · δέξηταιMost certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”Luke 22:17 · δεξάμενοςHe received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves,John 4:45 · ἐδέξαντοSo when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.Acts 3:21 · δέξασθαιwhom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.Acts 7:38 · ἐδέξατοThis is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,Acts 7:59 · δέξαιThey stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”Acts 8:14 · δέδεκταιNow when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,Acts 11:1 · ἐδέξαντοNow the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.Acts 17:11 · ἐδέξαντοNow these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.Acts 22:5 · δεξάμενοςAs also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.Acts 28:21 · ἐδεξάμεθαThey said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.1 Corinthians 2:14 · δέχεταιNow the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.2 Corinthians 6:1 · δέξασθαιWorking together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,2 Corinthians 7:15 · ἐδέξασθεHis affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.2 Corinthians 8:17 · ἐδέξατο,For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.2 Corinthians 11:4 · ἐδέξασθε,For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different “good news”, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.2 Corinthians 11:16 · δέξασθέI say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.Galatians 4:14 · ἐδέξασθέThat which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.Ephesians 6:17 · δέξασθεAnd take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;Philippians 4:18 · δεξάμενοςBut I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.Colossians 4:10 · δέξασθεAristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),1 Thessalonians 1:6 · δεξάμενοιYou became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,1 Thessalonians 2:13 · ἐδέξασθεFor this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.2 Thessalonians 2:10 · ἐδέξαντοand with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Hebrews 11:31 · δεξαμένηBy faith, Rahab the prostitute, didn’t perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies in peace.James 1:21 · δέξασθεTherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.