Strong’s G1926 · Greek
ἐπιδέχομαι
epidéchomai · ep-ee-dekh'-om-ahee
Origin from ἐπί (G1909) and δέχομαι (G1209);
Meaning to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)
In the King James Version receive.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 3 John 1:9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
- 3 John 1:10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.