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, Luke 16:6, 7; id. in different sense, Acts 28:21; ποτήριον, Luke 22:17; παιδίον (εἰς τ. ἀγκάλας), Luke 2:28; περικεφαλαίαν, μάχαιραν, Ephesians 6:17; ἐπιστολάς, Acts 22:5; τ. βασιλείαν τ. Θεοῦ, Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17; λογία ζῶντα, Acts 7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2 Corinthians 11:4; τ. χάριν τ. Θεοῦ, 2 Corinthians 6:1; metaphorically, of mental acceptance, Matthew 11:14; τ. λόγον, Luke 8:13, Acts 8:14; 11:1; 17:11, 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 2:13, James 1:21; τὰ τ. πνεύματος, 1 Corinthians 2:14; τ. παράκλησιν, 2 Corinthians 8:17; τ. ἀγάπην τ. ἀληθείας, 2 Thessalonians 2:10.

2. with accusative of person(s), of receiving kindly or hospitably, Matthew 10:14, 40, 41, Mark 6:11, Luke 9:5, 53; 10:8, 10, John 4:45, 2 Corinthians 7:15; 11:16, Galatians 4:14, Colossians 4:10, Hebrews 11:31; παιδίον, Matthew 18:5, Mark 9:37, Luke 9:48; εἰς οἴκους, σκηνάς, Luke 16:4, 9; δέξαι τ. πνεῦμά μου, Acts 7:59; ὃν δεῖ οὐρανὸν δέασθαι, Acts 3:21 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, ἀπ-εκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, προσ-, ὑπο-δέχομαι; Cremer, 174).