δέχομαι

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, ApG 28,21 ποτήριον, Luk 22,17 παιδίον (εἰς τ. ἀγκάλας), Luk 2,28 περικεφαλαίαν, μάχαιραν, Ef 6,17 ἐπιστολάς, ApG 22,5 τ. βασιλείαν τ. Θεοῦ, Mark 10,15, Luk 18,17; λογία ζῶντα, ApG 7,38 εὐαγγέλιον, 2 Kor 11,4 τ. χάριν τ. Θεοῦ, 2 Kor 6,1 metaphorically, of mental acceptance, Matt 11,14 τ. λόγον, Luk 8,13, ApG 8,14; 11,1; 17,11, 1 Thess 1,6; 2,13, Jak 1,21; τὰ τ. πνεύματος, 1 Kor 2,14 τ. παράκλησιν, 2 Kor 8,17 τ. ἀγάπην τ. ἀληθείας, 2 Thess 2,10,

2. with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably, Matt 10,14, 40, 41, Mark 6,11, Luk 9,5, 53; 10,8, 10, Joh 4,45, 2 Kor 7,15; 11,16, Gal 4,14, Kol 4,10, Hebr 11,31; παιδίον, Matt 18,5, Mark 9,37, Luk 9,48; εἰς οἴκους, σκηνάς, Luk 16,4, 9; δέξαι τ. πνεῦμά μου, ApG 7,59 ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέασθαι, ApG 3,21 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, ἀπ-εκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, προσ-, ὑπο-δέχομαι; Cremer, 174).†