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dechomai G1209

δέχομαι (dechomai) means “to receive” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

δέχομαι Greek · G1209 56 tagged occurrences in 45 verses

Pronunciation guide: dekh'-om-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1209

δέχομαι · dechomai · to receive

δέχομαι, depon. mid., [in LXX chiefly for לקח ;] to receive, accept; 1. with accusative of thing(s), of taking or accepting what is offered: γράμματα, Luk.16:6, 7; id. in different sense, Act.28:21; ποτήριον, Luk.22:17; παιδίον (εἰς τ. ἀγκάλας), Luk.2:28; περικεφαλαίαν, μάχαιραν, Eph.6:17; ἐπιστολάς, Act.22:5; τ. βασιλείαν τ. Θεοῦ, Mrk.10:15, Luk.18:17; λογία ζῶντα, Act.7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2Co.11:4; τ. χάριν τ. Θεοῦ, 2Co.6:1; metaphorically, of mental acceptance, Mat.11:14; τ. λόγον, Luk.8:13, Act.8:14 11:1 17:11, 1Th.1:6 2:13, Jas.1:21; τὰ τ. πνεύματος, 1Co.2:14; τ. παράκλησιν, 2Co.8:17; τ. ἀγάπην τ. ἀληθείας, 2Th.2:10. 2. with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably, Mat.10:14 40, 41, Mrk.6:11, Luk.9:5 53 10:8, 10, Jhn.4:45, 2Co.7:15 11:16, Gal.4:14, Col.4:10, Heb.11:31; παιδίον, Mat.18:5, Mrk.9:37, Luk.9:48; εἰς οἴκους, σκηνάς, Luk.16:4, 9; δέξαι τ. πνεῦμά μου, Act.7:59; ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέασθαι, Act.3:21 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, ἀπ-εκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, προσ-, ὑπο-δέχομαι; Cremer, 174).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I take, receive, accept, welcome.

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How translators render G1209

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
welcomes 10
receives 6
take 3
accept 2
does not receive 2
had received 2
will not welcome 2
and he received 1
and receive it 1
as you welcomed 1
because she welcomed 1
did he welcome 1
does not welcome 1
have not received 1
i even obtained 1
now that i have received 1
people will welcome 1
receive 1
take him in 1
taking 1
the people there refused to welcome 1
then receive 1
they do not welcome 1
they received 1
they refused 1
they welcome 1
they will welcome 1
to accept it 1
to receive 1
took 1
welcome 1
welcomed 1
when you welcomed 1
you accepted 1
you accepted it 1
you welcomed 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
receive 12
receiveth 8
received 7
shall receive 4
take 3
he that receiveth 2
they may receive 2
they receive 2
they received 2
ye received 2
accepted 1
and receive 1
had 1
had received 1
having received 1
he accepted 1
he received 1
he took 1
i received 1
shall 1
they did 1
took 1
up 1
when she had received 1
would receive 1
ye have 1

Verses containing G1209

Page 1 of 1. 45 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

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  2. Matthew 10:40 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

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  3. Matthew 10:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

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  4. Matthew 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

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  5. Matthew 18:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

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  6. Mark 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

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  7. Mark 9:37 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”

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  8. Mark 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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  9. Luke 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

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  10. Luke 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

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  11. Luke 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

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  12. Luke 9:48 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”

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  13. Luke 9:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.

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  14. Luke 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

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  15. Luke 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

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  16. Luke 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

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  17. Luke 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

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  18. Luke 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

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  19. Luke 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

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  20. Luke 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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  21. Luke 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves.

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  22. John 4:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.

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  23. Acts 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

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  24. Acts 7:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

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  25. Acts 7:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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  26. Acts 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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  27. Acts 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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  28. Acts 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

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  29. Acts 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

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  30. Acts 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

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  31. 1 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  32. 2 Corinthians 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

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  33. 2 Corinthians 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.

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  34. 2 Corinthians 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

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  35. 2 Corinthians 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

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  36. 2 Corinthians 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

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  37. Galatians 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

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  38. Ephesians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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  39. Philippians 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

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  40. Colossians 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.

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  41. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

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  42. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

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  43. 2 Thessalonians 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

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  44. Hebrews 11:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

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  45. James 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

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