δέχομαι dechomai

Greek word for “to receive” · Strong’s G1209 · used 56 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

δέχομαι, depon. mid.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for dechomai in context, with how often each is used:

• shall receive 9
• received 9
• receives 7
• may receive 5
• having received 5
• receiving 4
• receive 4
• do take 3
• do receive 3
• accepted 2
• did receive 1
• has received 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 16 (4), Matthew 10 (3), Luke 9 (3), Luke 10 (2), Acts 7 (2), 2 Corinthians 11 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Mark 6 (1), Mark 9 (1)

Forms

• δέξηται 8
• δέχεται 8
• ἐδέξαντο 5
• δεχόμενος 4
• δέξασθαι 3
• ἐδέξατο 3
• δέχωνται 3
• δέξαι 3
• δεξάμενος 3
• ἐδέξασθε 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dechomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἄν an “if” 9
• λόγος logos “word” 8
• παιδίον paidion “child” 5
• γράμμα gramma “something written” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 6
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 6
• ἀποστέλλω apostellō “to send” 4
• πόλις polis “city” 4
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 5
• ἐκτινάσσω ektinassō “to shake out/off” 2
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 4
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 5

Key verses

The verses using dechomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 10:40 — He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
• Matthew 10:41 — He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man…
• Luke 8:13 — They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall…
• Luke 16:9 — And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
• Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those…
• 1 Corinthians 2:14 — But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually…
• 2 Corinthians 6:1 — We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
• Philippians 4:18 — But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable,…
• 1 Thessalonians 1:6 — And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as…
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• James 1:21 — Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.