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Acceptance

ἀποδοχήStrong’s G0594

apodochē

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apodochē is the Greek word usually translated “acceptance”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”
1 Timothy 1:15 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • acceptance 2

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Timothy 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀποδοχή apodochē · acceptance

ἀπο-δοχή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀποδέχομαι), acceptance, approbation (Field, Notes, 203): 1Ti.1:15 4:9 (Cremer, 686; MM, see word).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

ACCEPT'ANCE, noun

  1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance“They shall come up with acceptance on my altar” Isaiah 60:7
  2. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment.
  3. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.
  4. An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.
All definitions
  1. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.
  2. Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. obsolete

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

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.