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Redirected from δεκτοϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.

ΔΕΚΤΟΣ, δεκτος

DEKTOS, dektos

Sounds Like: DEK-tos

Translations: acceptable, welcome, pleasing, approved, a welcome one

From the root: ΔΕΚΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is received favorably, approved of, or considered pleasing. It can be used to describe a person who is accepted, or an offering or action that is agreeable to someone, often God. It implies a sense of being well-received or found worthy.

Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative. Can also be Feminine or Neuter, and inflects for all cases.

Strong’s number: G1184 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

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
  • ΔΕΚΤΟΝ — acceptable, pleasing, welcome, a pleasing thing, an acceptable thing
  • 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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