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ἐπιδέχομαι

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἐπιδέχομαι
Greek transliteration: 
epidechomai
Simplified transliteration: 
epidechomai
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1926
GK Number: 
2110
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1b(2)
Gloss: 
to welcome, receive as a guest; to have to do with, accept, recognize
Definition: 
to admit; to receive kindly, welcome, entertain, 3 Jn. 10; met. to admit, approve, assent to, 3 Jn. 9*

Greek-English Concordance for ἐπιδέχομαι

3 John 1:9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does (epidechetai | ἐπιδέχεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) not acknowledge (epidechetai | ἐπιδέχεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) our authority (epidechetai | ἐπιδέχεται | pres mid ind 3 sg).
3 John 1:10 For this reason, should I come, I will bring up the things he is doing, disparaging us with malicious talk. And not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome (epidechetai | ἐπιδέχεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) the brothers. He even prevents those who would like to and puts them out of the church.