To receive
ὑποδέχομαιStrong’s G5264hupodechomai
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hupodechomai is the Greek word usually translated “received”, “has received” and “having received”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.”
Meaning
Usually translated “received”, “has received” and “having received”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- received 2
- has received 1
- having received 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Acts 1
- James 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 19:6And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
- Acts 17:7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
- James 2:25Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Greek dictionary
ὑποδέχομαι hupodechomai · to receive
ὑπο-δέχομαι [in LXX: Tob.7:8-9 Jdth.13:13 A, 1Ma.16:15, 4Ma.13:17 * ;] to receive under one's roof, receive as a guest, entertain hospitably: with accusative of person(s), Luk.19:6, Act.17:7, Jas.2:25; εἰς τ. οἶκον, Luk.10:38 (see MM, xxv).† (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 4:11Revelation 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.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.