Greek verb · G1209
δέχομαι
dechomaidekh'-om-ahee
with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered; with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably
56 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: déchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1209is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 27New Testament books
- 21spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1209
to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: accept, receive, take.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
dechomai is rendered "with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered; with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably". It stands 56 times in the Greek text, across fifteen books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
Matthew 10:14δέξηται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Sixteen of the word's fifty-six uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered, and with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offeredγράμματα, Luk.16:6, 7; id. in different sense, Act.28:21; ποτήριον, Luk.22:17; παιδίον (εἰς τ. ἀγκάλας), Luk.2:28; περικεφαλαίαν,... | Tagged as
and 10 more, 44 uses in all | WhereLuke 2:28Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying: |
| with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitablyMat.10:14 40 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 56, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δέξηται8
- δέχεται8
- ἐδέξαντο5
- δεχόμενος4
- δέξαι3
- δεξάμενος3
- δέξασθαι3
- δέξασθε3
- δέχωνται3
- ἐδέξασθε3
- ἐδέξατο3
- δέδεκται1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singular8V-ADS-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-PNI-3S
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person plural5V-ADI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-PNP-NSM
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-ADI-2P
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-ADI-3S
- verb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person plural3V-ADM-2P
- verb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singular3V-ADM-2S
- verb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)3V-ADN
- verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-ADP-NSM
- verb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person plural3V-PNS-3P
- verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person plural2V-ADS-3P
Matthew
ten uses
And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- δεχόμενοςdechomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
- δεχόμενοςdechomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he receives
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
- δεχόμενοςdechomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
- δεχόμενοςdechomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: receiving
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
- δέξασθαιdexasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
Mark
six uses
If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may receive
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
- δέχηταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
Luke
sixteen uses
Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
- ἐδέξατοedexatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: received
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- δέχονταιdechontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: receive
If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
- δέχωνταιdechontaiverb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: shall receive
And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: receives
But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
- ἐδέξαντοedexantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they did receive
If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.
- δέχωνταιdechontaiverb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may receive
But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
- δέχωνταιdechontaiverb · present middle or passive form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may receive
I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
- δέξωνταίdexontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may receive
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
- δέξαιdexaiverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take
Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
- δέξαιdexaiverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do take
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- δέξωνταιdexontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may receive
Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
- δέξηταιdexetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall receive
After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.
- δεξάμενοςdexamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
John
one use
Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
- ἐδέξαντοedexantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received
Acts
eight uses
Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
- δέξασθαιdexasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
- ἐδέξατοedexatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: received
While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- δέξαιdexaiverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do receive
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
- δέδεκταιdedektaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has received
The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
- ἐδέξαντοedexantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- ἐδέξαντοedexantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: received
as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
- δεξάμενοςdexamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
- ἐδεξάμεθαedexamethaverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: received
1 Corinthians
one use
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- δέχεταιdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: accepts
2 Corinthians
five uses
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- δέξασθαιdexasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to receive
And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
- ἐδέξασθεedexastheverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you received
For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.
- ἐδέξατοedexatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he accepted
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
- ἐδέξασθεedexastheverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you did accept
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
- δέξασθέdexastheverb · aorist middle, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do receive
Galatians
one use
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
- ἐδέξασθέedexastheverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you received
Ephesians
one use
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- δέξασθεdexastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do take
Philippians
one use
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
- δεξάμενοςdexamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having received
Colossians
one use
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- δέξασθεdexastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do welcome
1 Thessalonians
two uses
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
- δεξάμενοιdexamenoiverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having received
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
- ἐδέξασθεedexastheverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you accepted
2 Thessalonians
one use
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- ἐδέξαντοedexantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they received
Hebrews
one use
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
- δεξαμένηdexameneverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having received
James
one use
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- δέξασθεdexastheverb · aorist middle form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do receive
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.