apodechomai (to receive)

Meaning

Usually translated “received”, “having received” and “welcome”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

received 2
having received 2
to welcome 1
we gladly accept 1
was welcoming 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 5
Luke 2

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Luke 9:11And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
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 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 21:17And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
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,

Greek dictionary

ἀποδέχομαι apodechomai · to receive

ἀπο-δέχομαι [in LXX: Tob.7:17, Jdth.13:13; Jdt.13.1, 4Mac.10:1-21 * ;] to accept gladly, welcome, receive: Luk.8:40 9:11, Act.18:27 21:17 28:30; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), Act.2:41 24:3 (MM, see word; Cremer, 688).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “receive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

RECE'IVE, verb transitive

[Latin recipio; re and capio, to take.]

To take, as a thing offered or sent; to accept.
To take as due or as a reward.
To take or obtain from another in any manner, and either good or evil.“Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” Job 2:10
To take, as a thing communicated; as, to receive a wound by a shot; to receive a disease by contagion.

All definitions

To take or obtain intellectually; as, to receive an opinion or notion from others.
To embrace.“Receive with meekness the engrafted word” James 1:21
To allow; to hold; to retain; as a custom long received.
To admit.“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory” Psalms 73:24
To welcome; to lodge and entertain; as a guest.“They kindled a fire and received us every one, because of the present rain and because of the cold” Acts 28:2
To admit into membership or fellowship.“Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye” Romans 14:1
To take in or on; to hold; to contain.
To be endowed with.“Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you” Acts 1:8
To take into a place or state.“After the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven” Mark 16:19
To take or have as something ascribed; as, to receive praise or blame. Revelation 4:11 Revelation 5:12
To bear with or suffer. 2 Corinthians 11:4
To believe in. John 1:11
To accept or admit officially or in an official character.
To take stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.