verb
eisdechomō
Strong’sG1523
I welcome in
stem eisdech-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
εἰσ-δέχομαι
[in LXX for קָבַץ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1523 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect ἐσδέκ-, take into, admit, ἐς τὸ ἱρόν Refs 5th c.BC+ receive him in the cave, Refs 5th c.BC+ admit him as a fellow-colonist, Refs 5th c.BC+aorist I εἰσδεχθῆναι in passive sense, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 with accusative of things, σκῆψιν ἁγὼν οὗτος οὐκ ἐσδέξεται Refs 5th c.BC+
3 of certain animals, take in their young after birth, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eisdechemiεἰσδέξομαι | will happen · Ifuture middle indicative 1st person singular | welcome | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisdechomō | eisdechome | eisdechomē | eisdechomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechosō | eisdechose | eisdechosē | eisdechoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdechotō | eisdechote | eisdechotē | eisdechotelē |
| we 1st person plural | eisdechonō | eisdechone | eisdechonē | eisdechonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechovō | eisdechove | eisdechovē | eisdechovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecholō | eisdechole | eisdecholē | eisdecholelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisdechemi1×εἰσδέξομαι | eisdechema |
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechesi | eisdechesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdecheti | eisdecheta |
| we 1st person plural | eisdecheni | eisdechena |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechevi | eisdecheva |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecheli | eisdechela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisdechomeiō | eisdechomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechoseiō | eisdechoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdechoteiō | eisdechoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | eisdechoneiō | eisdechoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechoveiō | eisdechoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecholeiō | eisdecholeiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisdechemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | eisdecheseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdecheteia |
| we 1st person plural | eisdecheneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdecheveia |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecheleia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechosōr | eisdechosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdechotōr | eisdechotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechovōr | eisdechovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecholōr | eisdecholēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdechetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechevar |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdechelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisdechomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdechotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | eisdechonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecholoiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eisdechemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eisdechesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eisdechetoia |
| we 1st person plural | eisdechenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eisdechevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eisdecheloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eisdechorō | eisdechorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | eisdecheri | eisdechera |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | eisdechorōntos | eisdechorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | eisdecherintos | eisdecherantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eisdech is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
eisdechemi“welcome”will happen · Ifuture middle indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 6:17“welcome”… kurios, kai akatharteu mē haptovōr; kamis eisdechemi vin;… says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”