2001 Translation

EISDECHOMENOS, eisdechomenos

Sounds Like: eis-DEKH-oh-men-os

Translations: receiving, admitting, welcoming, accepting

From the root: ΕἸΣΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is a present participle of the verb ΕἸΣΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ, meaning 'to receive into, admit, or welcome'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΕἸΣ (eis), meaning 'into' or 'to', and the verb ΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (dechomai), meaning 'to receive' or 'to take'. It describes an action of taking something or someone in, often with an implication of acceptance or hospitality. It can be used to describe someone who is in the act of receiving or admitting.

Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative

Strong’s number: G1523 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 14 — 4:55

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΣΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ.

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.

• ΕἸΣΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — receiving, having received, welcoming, having welcomed, accepting, having accepted
• ΕἸΣΔΕΞΕΤΑΙ — will receive, will welcome, will accept
• ΕἸΣΔΕΧΘΗΝΑΙ — to receive, to admit, to welcome, to accept

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