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Strong’s G588 · Greek

ἀποδέχομαι

apodéchomai · ap-od-ekh'-om-ahee

Origin from ἀπό (G575) and δέχομαι (G1209);

Meaning to take fully, i.e. welcome (persons), approve (things)

In the King James Version accept, receive (gladly).

In 6 verses of the King James Version

  1. Luke 8:40And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
  2. Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
  3. Acts 15:4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
  4. Acts 18:27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
  5. Acts 24:3We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
  6. Acts 28:30And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

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.

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