ΔΕΚΤΑ, δεκτα
DEKTA, dekta
Sounds Like: DEK-tah
Translations: acceptable, pleasing, welcome, acceptable things, pleasing things, welcome things
From the root: ΔΕΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is acceptable, pleasing, or welcome. It is often used to refer to things that are agreeable or approved, especially in a religious or moral context, such as sacrifices or prayers that are acceptable to God. It can be used to describe both people and things.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1184 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 15:8
Codex Sinaiticus
- Leviticus — 22:19
- Proverbs — 16:13
- Job — 33:26
- Isaiah — 60:7
- Jeremiah — 6:20
- Epistle of Barnabas — 15:8
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 91:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 22:19
- Deuteronomy — 33:16
- Proverbs — 16:7, 16:13
- Job — 33:26
- Isaiah — 60:7
- Jeremiah — 6:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΚΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΚΤΑΙ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, a welcome
- ΔΕΚΤΗ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, an acceptable (thing/person)
- ΔΕΚΤΗΝ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, an acceptable (thing)
- ΔΕΚΤΙΚΟΝ — receptive, capable of receiving, susceptible, a receptive thing
- ΔΕΚΤΟΙ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, a welcome one, acceptable ones, pleasing ones
- ΔΕΚΤΟΝ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, a pleasing thing, an acceptable thing
- ΔΕΚΤΟΣ — acceptable, welcome, pleasing, approved, a welcome one
- ΔΕΚΤΟΥ — of acceptable, of a welcome, of a pleasing, of a favorable
- ΔΕΚΤΩ — (to) acceptable, (to) favorable, (to) welcome
- ΔΕΚΤΩΝ — of acceptable, of welcome, of favorable
- ΠΡΟΣΔΕΚΤΟΣ — acceptable, welcome, pleasing, an acceptable one, a welcome one, a pleasing one
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