Definition

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

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G1209 (δέχομαι);

Word family

• ἀπό apó
• δέχομαι déchomai

How 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.