King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3858
Transliteration: paradechomai
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ekh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to receive, admit
Meaning: to receive, admit
παραδέχομαι; future 3 person plural παραδέξονταί; deponent middle, but in Biblical and ecclesiastical Greek with 1 aorist passive παρεδεχθην (Acts 15:4 L T Tr WH; 2 Macc. 4:22; (cf. Buttmann, 51 (44));
Word Summary
paradechomai: to receive, admit
Original Word: παραδέχομαιTransliteration: paradechomai
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ekh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to receive, admit
Meaning: to receive, admit
Strong's Concordance
receive. From para and dechomai; to accept near, i.e. Admit or (by implication) delight in -- receive.
see GREEK para
see GREEK dechomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3858: παραδέχομαιπαραδέχομαι; future 3 person plural παραδέξονταί; deponent middle, but in Biblical and ecclesiastical Greek with 1 aorist passive παρεδεχθην (Acts 15:4 L T Tr WH; 2 Macc. 4:22; (cf. Buttmann, 51 (44));
1. in classical Greek from Homer down, properly, to receive, take up, take upon oneself. Hence,
2. to admit i. e. not to reject, to accept, receive: τόν λόγον, Mark 4:20; ἔθη, Acts 16:21; τήν μαρτυρίαν, Acts 22:18; κατηγορίαν, 1 Timothy 5:19 (τάς δοκιμους δραχμάς, Epictetus diss. 1, 7, 6); τινα, of a son, to acknowledge as one's own (A. V. receiveth), Hebrews 12:6 (after Proverbs 3:12, where for רָצָה); of a delegate or messenger, to give due reception to, Acts 15:4 L T Tr WH. (Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)