ΔΕΚΤΟΝ, δεκτον
DEKTON, dekton
Sounds Like: DEK-ton
Translations: acceptable, pleasing, welcome, a pleasing thing, an acceptable thing
From the root: ΔΕΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'acceptable' or 'pleasing'. It describes something that is received favorably or is agreeable. It can be used to describe offerings, times, or actions that are considered pleasing in the sight of God or people.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1184 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 14:9
Codex Sinaiticus
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 14:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 28:34
- Leviticus — 1:3, 1:4, 17:4, 22:20, 23:11
- Proverbs — 11:1
- Isaiah — 61:2
- Malachi — 2:13
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 2 — 1:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 4:19
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
- 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
- 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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