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To receive

δέχομαιStrong’s G1209

dechomai

Appears in 46 verses of the New Testament

In short

Dechomai is the Greek word usually translated “shall receive”, “receives” and “received”. It appears in 46 verses of the New Testament.

“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”
2 Thessalonians 2:10 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • shall receive 9
  • receives 6
  • received 6
  • having received 5
  • receiving 4
  • to receive 4
  • they may receive 4
  • do take 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 13
  • Acts 8
  • 2 Corinthians 6
  • Matthew 5
  • Mark 3
  • 1 Thessalonians 2

15 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 46 verses, by book
John 1
4:45
1 Corinthians 1
2:14
Galatians 1
4:14
Ephesians 1
6:17
Philippians 1
4:18
Colossians 1
4:10
1 Thessalonians 2
1:62:13
2 Thessalonians 1
2:10
Hebrews 1
11:31
James 1
1:21
Greek dictionary

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. …

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.]

  1. To take, as a thing offered or sent; to accept.
  2. To take as due or as a reward.
  3. 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
  4. To take, as a thing communicated; as, to receive a wound by a shot; to receive a disease by contagion.
All definitions
  1. To take or obtain intellectually; as, to receive an opinion or notion from others.
  2. To embrace.“Receive with meekness the engrafted word” James 1:21
  3. To allow; to hold; to retain; as a custom long received.
  4. To admit.“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory” Psalms 73:24
  5. 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
  6. To admit into membership or fellowship.“Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye” Romans 14:1
  7. To take in or on; to hold; to contain.
  8. To be endowed with.“Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you” Acts 1:8
  9. To take into a place or state.“After the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven” Mark 16:19
  10. To take or have as something ascribed; as, to receive praise or blame. Revelation 4:11Revelation 5:12
  11. To bear with or suffer. 2 Corinthians 11:4
  12. To believe in. John 1:11
  13. To accept or admit officially or in an official character.
  14. 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.

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