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Strong's Number G1209

δέχομαι

dechomai · dekh'-om-ahee

Transliteration:

dechomai{dekh'-om-ahee}

Word Origin:

middle voice of a primary verb

TDNT:

2:50,146

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

receive 52, take 3, accept 2, take up 1

Total: 59
Occurs 56 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to take with the hand
1. to take hold of, take up
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
to receive, get
1. to learn For Synonyms see entry 5877