verb

Greekἐπιδέχομαι (epidechomai)

Biblang

epidechomō

Strong’sG1926

I accept, admit, welcome

stem epidech-2 times 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.

** ἐπι-δέχομαι

[in LXX: Jth 13:13 B2, I Mac 10:1 14:23, Si 51:26, al.;]

1. in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers,

2. to accept besides (Polyb.), to accept; (in π. of the terms of a lease; v. ICC, on III Jo, l.c.): III Jo 9.

3. (a) to receive besides (Menand.);

(b) to receive hospitably (I Mac, Si, ll c.): III Jo 10†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1926 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-dekh'-om-ahee

to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)

Fromfrom G1909 and G1209;

King Jamesreceive.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπιδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect etc. ἐπιδέκομα Refs 5th c.BC+:— admit besides or in addition, Refs 5th c.BC+
2. receive besides, Refs 4th c.BC+
3. receive, welcome, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐ. εἰς τὰ Refs 1st c.AD+
II. take on oneself, undertake, Refs 2nd c.BC+, etc.: with infinitive, Refs 4th c.AD+, agree, admit liability, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.2. of things, allow of, admit of, Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ ἧττον Refs; τἀκριβές Refs 4th c.BC+: with infinitive, Refs 3rd c.BC+.
II.3. expect, await, Refs 5th c.BC+.
II.4. accept a term as applying to, Refs 1st c.BC+ (variant{ἐκδ-}).

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.

acknowledge1×welcome1×

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
epidechotōἐπιδέχεται	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular	welcome	2×

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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epidechomō	epidechome	epidechomē	epidechomelē
you 2nd person singular	epidechosō	epidechose	epidechosē	epidechoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epidechotō2×ἐπιδέχεται	epidechote	epidechotē	epidechotelē
we 1st person plural	epidechonō	epidechone	epidechonē	epidechonelē
ye 2nd person plural	epidechovō	epidechove	epidechovē	epidechovelē
they 3rd person plural	epidecholō	epidechole	epidecholē	epidecholelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epidechomeiō	epidechomeiē
you 2nd person singular	epidechoseiō	epidechoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epidechoteiō	epidechoteiē
we 1st person plural	epidechoneiō	epidechoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epidechoveiō	epidechoveiē
they 3rd person plural	epidecholeiō	epidecholeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epidechosōr	epidechosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epidechotōr	epidechotēr
ye 2nd person plural	epidechovōr	epidechovēr
they 3rd person plural	epidecholōr	epidecholēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	epidechomoiō
you 2nd person singular	epidechosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epidechotoiō
we 1st person plural	epidechonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	epidechovoiō
they 3rd person plural	epidecholoiō

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	epidechorō			epidechorē

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	epidechorōntos			epidechorēntos

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

epidechstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epidech 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

epidechotō“welcome”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular2×

3 John 1:9“acknowledge”… alla tos filoprōteuarōntos autoiu Diotrefos ouk epidechotō nin.… about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our …

3 John 1:10… mē arkorōntos epi houtei oute autos epidechotō toin adelfoin kai toin boulorōntoin kōluatō …… unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who …