Greek · Strong's G1926
ἐπιδέχομαι
epidechomaiep-ee-dekh'-om-ahee
to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)
1890 spelling: epidéchomai
- ε5
- π80
- ι10
- δ4
- ε5
- χ600
- ο70
- μ40
- α1
- ι10
Isopsephy 825
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)
Rendered in the KJV as
receive.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- ἐπιδέχεται2
How it is rendered · 2
- he receives1
- welcomes1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- verb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singular2
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- V-PNI-3S · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
3 John2 occurrences
- 3 John 1:9ἐπιδέχεταιepidechetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularI have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.here: welcomes
- 3 John 1:10ἐπιδέχεταιepidechetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularSo if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.here: he receives