adjective
euprosdektos
Strong’sG2144
well-received, acceptable
stem euprosdekt-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 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.
† εὐ-πρόσ-δεκτος, -ον
(< εὖ, προσδέχομαι)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2144 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
acceptable, NT+1st c.AD+; εὐχή, θυσία, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥσπερ οὐκ εὐ. (i.e. ὄν) with infinitive, Refs 1st 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | euprosdektos1×εὐπρόσδεκτος | euprosdektas3×εὐπρόσδεκτος | euprosdektem | euprosdektois | euprosdektais | euprosdekteim |
| object accusative | euprosdekton | euprosdektan | euprosdektoin | euprosdektain1×εὐπροσδέκτους | ||
| direct address vocative | euprosdektor | euprosdektar | euprosdektoir | euprosdektair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | euprosdektou | euprosdektau | euprosdekteu | euprosdektoiu | euprosdektaiu | euprosdekteiu |
| to, for dative | euprosdekto | euprosdekta | euprosdekte | euprosdektoi | euprosdektai | euprosdektei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
euprosdekt 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
euprosdektos“acceptable”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Corinthians 6:2“acceptable”… sōtērēau boēthama si; idou nun kairos euprosdektos, idou nun hēmeras sōtērēau;… day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
euprosdektas“acceptable”subjectnominative singular3×
Romans 15:16… hina geneteia tas prosforas teiu ethneiu euprosdektas, hagiazorēntas en pneume hagie.… the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy …
Romans 15:31… tas diakonias mu tas eis Ierousalēm euprosdektas toi hagioi geneteia,… my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
2 Corinthians 8:12… tas prothumias prokeiotō, katho ean echateiō euprosdektas, ouk katho ouk echatō.… eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not …
euprosdektain“acceptable”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Peter 2:5… eis hierateumem hagiem, anaferara pneumatikain thusiain euprosdektain theo dia Iēsu Christou;… a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.