to receive, kindly or heartily, welcome, Lk. 8:40; 9:11; Acts 18:27; 28:30; to receive with hearty assent, embrace, Acts 2:41; to accept with satisfaction, Acts 24:3*
to point out, display; to prove, evince, demonstrate, Acts 25:7; to designate, proclaim, hold forth, 2 Thess. 2:4; to constitute, appoint, Acts 2:22; 1 Cor. 4:9*
pr. to copy; hence, to register, enrol, Lk. 2:1; Heb. 12:23; mid. to procure the registration of one's name, to give in one's name for registration, Lk. 2:3, 5*