- ἀποδέχομαι
- ἀποδέχομαι 1 aor. ἀπεδεξάμην; pass. ἀπεδέχθην (Hom.+) gener. to ‘receive’ or ‘accept’ someone or someth. from a source. Hence① receive someone favorably, welcome (Polyb. 21, 35, 5; Diod S 1, 18, 5; SIG 601, 9; POxy 939, 11; 2 Macc 3:9; 13:24) Lk 8:40; 9:11; Ac 18:27; 21:17; 28:30; IEph 1:1; ITr 1:2; AcPl Ha 7, 37.② to show approval by accepting, accept someth. (En 103:14; Philo, Abr. 90; Jos., Ant. 9, 176; Just., D. 8, 3; Tat. 11, 1; Mel., P. 66, 469 πάθη) τ. λόγον (this expr. in Pla. et al.) Ac 2:41; cp. Dg 8:2.③ to approve or commend as praiseworthy, recognize, acknowledge, praise someone or someth. (Diod S 4, 31, 8 τὴν ἀνδρείαν; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 82 §347; Aesop, Fab. 308 H./173 P.=183a H-H.; Himerius, Or. 65 [=Or. 19], 2; IG II, 481, 60; 4 Macc 3:20; EpArist 194; 274 al.; Philo, Gig, 37; Jos., Ant. 9, 176; 20, 264) Ac 24:3 (sc. ταῦτα; typical administrative prose, s. Welles index VII s.v. ἀποδέχομαι and p. 316); τὴν ἐν θεῷ γνώμην godly frame of mind IPol 1:1. τινά τινος someone for someth. (POxy 705, 59 ἀποδεχόμεθά σε ταύτης τ. ἐπιδόσεως; Jos., Ant. 6, 340; 7, 160) τῆς προθυμίας σε ταύτης I praise you for this eagerness Dg 1.—Ac 15:4 v.l. (for παραδέχομαι).—DELG s.v. δέχομαι. M-M. TW.
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