Lexical Summary epidechomai: to accept as true, to receive besides Original Word: ἐπιδέχομαιTransliteration: epidechomai Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-dekh'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to accept as true, to receive besides Meaning: to accept as true, to receive besides Strong's Concordance receive. From epi and dechomai; to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher) -- receive. see GREEK epi see GREEK dechomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1926: ἐπιδέχομαιἐπιδέχομαι; (from Herodotus down); 1. to receive hospitably: τινα, 3 John 1:10 (Polybius 22, 1, 3). 2. to admit, i. e. not to reject": τινα, one's authority, 3 John 1:9 (τούς λόγους, 1 Macc. 10:46; παιδείαν, Sir. 51:26). (Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.) |
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