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
- Luke 8:40And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
- Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
- 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.
- 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:
- Acts 24:3We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
- 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.