Definition

to take fully, i.e. welcome (persons), approve (things)

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G1209 (δέχομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• accept
• receive (gladly)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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