Definition

(impersonally) it is accepted in, i.e. admitted (possible)

Etymology

third person singular present of a compound of G1722 (ἐν) and G1209 (δέχομαι);

Word family

• ἐν en
• δέχομαι déchomai

How the KJV renders it

• can (+ not) be

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.