ἘΠΙΔΕΞΑΙ, ἐπιδεξαι
EPIDEXAI, epidexai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-DEK-sahee
Translations: receive, accept, admit, allow, welcome
From the root: ἘΠΙΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to receive, accept, admit, or allow something or someone. It implies a willingness to take in or agree to something. It is often used in contexts of welcoming or acknowledging. As an imperative, it functions as a command or instruction to 'receive!' or 'accept!'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἘΠΙ (upon, to) and the verb ΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ (to receive).
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Imperative, Singular, 2nd Person
Strong’s number: G1926 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 7:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΔΕΚΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — receiving, accepting, admitting, taking upon oneself
- ἘΠΙΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — receiving, admitting, accepting, those receiving, those admitting, those accepting
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