ἀποδέχομαι

ἀποδέχομαι — apodéchomai

ἀποδέχομαι; deponent middle; imperfect ἀπεδεχομην; 1 aorist ἀπεδεξαμην; 1 aorist passive ἀπεδεχθην; common in Greek writings, especially the Attic, from Homer down; in the N. T. used only by Luke; to accept what is offered from without (ἀπό, cf. Latinexcipio), to accept from, receive: τινα, simply, to give one access to oneself, Luk 9:11 L T Tr WH; Act 28:30; with emphasis (cf. Tob 7:17 and Fritzsche at the passage), to receive with joy, Luk 8:40; to receive to hospitality, Act 21:17 L T Tr WH; to grant one access to oneself in the capacity in which he wishes to be regarded, e. g. as the messenger of others, Act 15:4 (L T Tr WH παρεδέχθησαν); as a Christian, Act 18:27; metaphorically, τί, to receive into the mind with assent: to approve, Act 24:3; to believe, τόν λόγον, Act 2:41; (so in Greek writings especially Plato; cf. Ast, Lex. Plato, i., p. 232).