Hupodechomai ὑποδέχομαι

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Hupodechomai
ὑποδέχομαι
Transliterationhupodechomai
Strong's numberG5264
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto receive
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inLuke (2)

Hupodechomai (Greek ὑποδέχομαι, Strong's G5264) is a Greek verb meaning “to receive”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVreceived (4)
BSBwelcomed (2), has welcomed them into his home (1), she welcomed (1)

Verses

Every verse with Hupodechomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

James

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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