ἐπιδέχομαι
epidechomai · receive, acknowledge
Greek word · Strong’s number G1926 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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epidechomai (ἐπιδέχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “receive, acknowledge”.
To receive, to welcome.
How to say it
e·pi·de·cho·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To open one's home and host someone.
- To accept someone's authority and heed them.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- acknowledge ×1
- receive ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 3 John 1:9
I wrote something to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.
- 3 John 1:10
For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to the works that he is doing, talking nonsense about us with evil words; and not content with that, he himself does not receive the brothers, and he hinders those who want to, and puts them out of the assembly.