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STRONGS NUMBER G1926

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Word Summary
epidechomai: to accept as true, to receive besides
Original Word: ἐπιδέχομαι
Transliteration: 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: ἐπιδέχομαι

ἐπιδέχομαι; (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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