Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
epidechomai
Simplified transliteration
epidechomai
Principal Parts
-, -, -, -, -
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. |