Definition

to admit (as a guest or (figuratively) teacher)

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1209 (δέχομαι);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• δέχομαι déchomai

How the KJV renders it

• receive

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.