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Lexicon :: Strong's G1209 - dechomai

Aa
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
47x in 19 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 56 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:14 - “And whoever G3739 does not receive G1209 you nor G3366 listen G191 to your words G3056, as you leave G1831 that house G3614 or G2228 city G4172, shake G1621 the dust G2868 off G1621 your feet G4228.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:40 -

“The one who [fn]receives G1209 you [fn]receives G1209 Me, and the one who [fn]receives G1209 Me [fn]receives G1209 Him who sent G649 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41 - “The one who [fn]receives G1209 a prophet G4396 in the name G3686 of a prophet G4396 shall receive G2983 a prophet’s G4396 reward G3408; and the one who [fn]receives G1209 a righteous G1342 person G1342 in the name G3686 of a righteous G1342 person G1342 shall receive G2983 a righteous G1342 person’s G1342 reward G3408.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:14 - “And if G1487 you are willing G2309 to accept G1209 it, John himself G846 is Elijah G2243 who [fn]was to come G2064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:5 - “And whoever G3739 G1437 receives G1209 one G1520 such G5108 child G3813 in My name G3686, receives G1209 Me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:11 - “Any G3739 place G5117 that does not receive G1209 you or G3366 listen G191 to you, as you go G1607 out G1607 from G1564 there G1564, shake G1621 the dust G5522 [fn]off G1621 the soles G5270 of your feet G4228 as a testimony G3142 against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:37 - “Whoever G3739 G302 [fn]receives G1209 [fn]one G1520 child G3813 like G5108 this G5108 in My name G3686 [fn]receives G1209 Me; and whoever G3739 G302 [fn]receives G1209 Me does not [fn]receive G1209 Me, but Him who sent G649 Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:15 - “Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, whoever G3739 G302 does not receive G1209 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 like G5613 a child G3813 will not enter G1525 it at G3361 all G3361.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:28 - then G2532 he took G1209 Him in his arms G43, and blessed G2127 God G2316, and said G3004,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - “Those on the rocky G4073 soil are the ones who G3739, when G3752 they hear G191, receive G1209 the word G3056 with joy G5479; and yet these G3778 do not have G2192 a firm root G4491; [fn]they believe G4100 for a while G2540, and in a time G2540 of temptation G3986 they [fn]fall G868 away G868.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:5 - “And as for all G3745 who G3745 do not receive G1209 you, when you leave G1831 that city G4172, shake G660 the dust G2868 off G660 your feet G4228 as a testimony G3142 against G1909 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:48 - and He said G3004 to them, “Whoever G3739 G1437 receives G1209 this G3778 child G3813 in My name G3686 receives G1209 Me, and whoever G3739 G302 receives G1209 Me receives G1209 Him who sent G649 Me; for the one G3588 who is least G3398 among G1722 all G3956 of you, this G3778 is the one who is great G3173.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:53 - And they did not receive G1209 Him, because G3754 [fn]He was traveling G4198 toward G1519 Jerusalem G2419.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:8 - “Whatever G3739 city G4172 you enter G1525 and they receive G1209 you, eat G2068 what is served G3908 to you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:10 - “But whatever G3739 G302 city G4172 you enter G1525 and they do not receive G1209 you, go G1831 out G1831 into its streets G4116 and say G3004,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:4 - ‘I know G1097 what G5101 I will do G4160, so G2443 that G2443 when G3752 I am removed G3179 from the management G3622 people will welcome G1209 me into their homes G3624.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - “And he said G3004, ‘A hundred G1540 [fn]jugs G943 of oil G1637.’ And he said G3004 to him, ‘Take G1209 your bill G1121, and sit G2523 down G2523 quickly G5030 and write G1125 fifty G4004.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - “Then G1899 he said G3004 to another G2087, ‘And how G4214 much G4214 do you owe G3784?’ And he said G3004, ‘A hundred G1540 [fn]kors G2884 of wheat G4621.’ He *said G3004 to him, ‘Take G1209 your bill G1121, and write G1125 eighty G3589.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - “And I say G3004 to you, make G4160 friends G5384 for yourselves G1438 by means G1537 of the [fn]wealth G3126 of unrighteousness G93, so G2443 that G2443 when G3752 it [fn]is G1587 all G1587 gone G1587, they will receive G1209 you into the eternal G166 dwellings G4633.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17 - “Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, whoever G3739 G302 does not receive G1209 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 like G5613 a child G3813 will not enter G1525 it at G3361 all G3361.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:17 - And when He had taken G1209 a cup G4221 and given G2168 thanks G2168, He said G3004, “Take G2983 this G3778 and share G1266 it among G1519 yourselves G1438;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:45 - So G3767 when G3753 He came G2064 to Galilee G1056, the Galileans G1057 received G1209 Him, only because they had seen G3708 all G3956 the things G3956 that He did G4160 in Jerusalem G2414 at the feast G1859; for they themselves G846 also G2532 went G2064 to the feast G1859.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:21 - whom G3739 heaven G3772 must G1163 receive G1209 until G891 the [fn]period G5550 of restoration G605 of all G3956 things G3956, about which G3739 God G2316 spoke G2980 by the mouths G4750 of His holy G40 prophets G4396 from ancient G165 times G165.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:38 - “This G3778 is the one who was in the [fn]assembly G1577 in the wilderness G2048 together G3326 with the angel G32 who spoke G2980 to him at length on Mount G3735 Sinai G4614, and who was with our fathers G3962; and he received G1209 living G2198 words G3051 to pass G1325 on to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:59

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:59 - They went on stoning G3036 Stephen G4736 as he called G1941 on G1941 the Lord and said G3004, “Lord G2962 Jesus G2424, receive G1209 my spirit G4151!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:14 -

Now G1161 when the apostles G652 in Jerusalem G2414 heard G191 that Samaria G4540 had received G1209 the word G3056 of God G2316, they sent G649 them Peter G4074 and John G2491,

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Now G1161 the apostles G652 and the brothers G80 and sisters who were throughout G2596 Judea G2449 heard G191 that the Gentiles G1484 also G2532 had received G1209 the word G3056 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:11 - Now G1161 these G3778 people G3778 were more noble-minded G2104 than those G3588 in Thessalonica G2332, [fn]for they received G1209 the word G3056 with [fn]great G3956 eagerness G4288, examining G350 the Scriptures G1124 daily G2596 G2250 to see whether G1487 these G3778 things G3778 were so G3779.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - as also G2532 the high G749 priest G749 and all G3956 the Council G4244 of G4244 the elders G4244 [fn]can testify G3140. From them I also G2532 received G1209 letters G1992 to the brothers G80, and started G4198 off for Damascus G1154 in order to bring G71 even G2532 those G3588 who were there G1566 to Jerusalem G2419 [fn]as prisoners G1210 to be punished G5097.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - They said G3004 to him, “We have neither G3777 received G1209 letters G1121 from Judea G2449 concerning G4012 you, nor G3777 has any G5100 of the brothers G80 come G3854 here G3854 and reported G518 or G2228 spoken G2980 anything G5100 bad G4190 about G4012 you.

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But [fn]a natural G5591 person G444 does not accept G1209 the things of the Spirit G4151 of God G2316, for they are foolishness G3472 to him; and he cannot G1410 G3756 understand G1097 them, because G3754 they are spiritually G4153 discerned G350.

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And working G4903 together G4903 with Him, we also G2532 urge G3870 you not to receive G1209 the grace G5485 of God G2316 in vain G2756—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:15 - His [fn]affection G4698 abounds G1510 G4056 all G4056 the G4056 more G4056 toward G1519 you, as he remembers G363 the obedience G5218 of you all G3956, how G5613 you received G1209 him with fear G5401 and trembling G5156.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:17 - For he not only G3303 accepted G1209 our appeal G3874, but being G5225 himself G830 very earnest G4705, he has gone G1831 to you of his own G830 accord G830.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:4 - For if G1487 [fn]one comes G2064 and preaches G2784 another G243 Jesus G2424 whom G3739 we have not preached G2784, or G2228 you receive G2983 a different G2087 spirit G4151 which G3739 you have not received G2983, or G2228 a different G2087 gospel G2098 which G3739 you have not accepted G1209, this you tolerate G430 very well G2573!

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Again G3825 I say G3004, let no G3361 one G5100 think G1380 me foolish G878; but if G1487 you do, receive G1209 me even G2579 as foolish G878, so G2443 that G2443 I also G2532 may boast G2744 a little G3398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:14 - and you did not despise G1848 that which G3986 was G3986 a G3986 trial G3986 to you in my [fn]bodily G4561 condition G4561, nor G3761 express G1609 contempt G1609, but you received G1209 me as an angel G32 of God G2316, as Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 Himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:17 - And take G1209 the helmet G4030 of salvation G4992 and the sword G3162 of the Spirit G4151, which G3739 is the word G4487 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:18 - But I have G568 received G568 everything G3956 in full G568 and have G4052 an G4052 abundance G4052; I am [fn]amply G4137 supplied G4137, having received G1209 from Epaphroditus G1891 [fn]what you have sent G3844, [fn]a fragrant G2175 aroma G3744, an acceptable G1184 sacrifice G2378, pleasing G2101 to God G2316.

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Aristarchus G708, my fellow G4869 prisoner G4869, sends G782 you his greetings G782; and also Barnabas’ G921 cousin G431 Mark G3138 (about G4012 whom G3739 you received G2983 [fn]instructions G1785; if G1437 he comes G2064 to you, welcome G1209 him);

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - You also G2532 became G1096 imitators G3402 of us and of the Lord G2962, having received G1209 the word G3056 during great G4183 affliction G2347 with the joy G5479 of the Holy G40 Spirit G4151,

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For this G3778 reason G1223 we also G2532 constantly G89 thank G2168 God G2316 that when you received G3880 the word G3056 of God G2316 which G3739 you heard G191 from us, you accepted G1209 it not as the word G3056 of mere men G444, but as G2531 what G2531 it really G230 is, the word G3056 of God G2316, which G3739 also G2532 is G1754 at G1754 work G1754 in you who believe G4100.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:10 - and with [fn]all G3956 the deception G539 of wickedness G93 for those G3588 who perish G622, because G473 G3739 they did not accept G1209 the love G26 of the truth G225 so G1519 as to be saved G4982.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31 - By faith G4102 the prostitute G4204 Rahab G4460 did not perish G4881 along G4881 with those G3588 who were disobedient G544, after she had welcomed G1209 the spies G2685 [fn]in peace G1515.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Therefore G1352, ridding G659 yourselves of G659 all G3956 filthiness G4507 and all [fn]that remains G4050 of wickedness G2549, in [fn]humility G4240 receive G1209 the word G3056 implanted G1721, which is able G1410 to save G4982 your souls G5590.
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