Strong's Concordance paradechomai: to receive, admit Original Word: παραδέχομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paradechomai Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ekh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I receive, accept, acknowledge Definition: I receive, accept, acknowledge. HELPS Word-studies 3858 paradé 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.) From para and dechomai; to accept near, i.e. Admit or (by implication) delight in -- receive. see GREEK para see GREEK dechomai Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 38586 Occurrences παραδέχεσθαι — 1 Occ. παραδέχεται — 1 Occ. παραδέχονται — 1 Occ. παραδέχου — 1 Occ. παραδέξονταί — 1 Occ. παρεδέχθησαν — 1 Occ. Mark 4:20 V-PIM/P-3P GRK: λόγον καὶ παραδέχονται καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν NAS: the word and accept it and bear fruit, KJV: and receive [it], and INT: word and receive [it] and bring forth fruit Acts 15:4 V-AIP-3P Acts 16:21 V-PNM/P Acts 22:18 V-FIP-3P 1 Timothy 5:19 V-PMM/P-2S Hebrews 12:6 V-PIM/P-3S |