ΔΕΚΤΗ, δεκτη
DEKTĒ, dektē
Sounds Like: DEK-tee
Translations: acceptable, pleasing, welcome, an acceptable (thing/person)
From the root: ΔΕΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is acceptable, pleasing, or welcome. It is often used in a religious context to refer to offerings, prayers, or actions that are favorably received by God. It can also describe a person or a time that is favorable or opportune.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1184 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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.
- ΔΕΚΤΑ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, acceptable things, pleasing things, welcome things
- ΔΕΚΤΑΙ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, a welcome
- 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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