Greek verb · G1926
ἐπιδέχομαι
epidechomaiep-ee-dekh'-om-ahee
in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers; to accept besides (Polyb.); (a) to receive besides (Menand.)
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epidéchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1926is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1926
to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)
The King James renders it: receive.
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
epidechomai is rendered "in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers; to accept besides (Polyb.); (a) to receive besides (Menand.)". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in 3 John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.3 John 1:9I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
The first use
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
3 John 1:9ἐπιδέχεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in 3 John.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers, and to accept besides (Polyb.), and (a) to receive besides (Menand.).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where3 John 1:9I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first… |
| to accept besides (Polyb.)to accept (in π. of the terms of a lease | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| (a) to receive besides (Menand.)__(b) to receive hospitably (1Mac, Sir, ll with): III Jn 10† (AS) | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he receives1
- welcomes1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιδίδωμι | epididomi | to give/deliver | Uses9 |
| ἐπιδείκνυμι | epideiknymi | to show/prove | Uses7 |
| ἐπιδημέω | epidemeo | to sojourn | Uses2 |
| ἐπιδύω | epidyo | to set | Uses1 |
| ἐπιδιορθόω | epidiorthoo | to straighten out | Uses1 |
| ἐπιδιατάσσομαι | epidiatassomai | to add to | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling 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
- ἐπιδέχεται2
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PNI-3S
3 John
two uses
I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
- ἐπιδέχεταιepidechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: welcomes
So 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.
- ἐπιδέχεταιepidechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he receives
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.