Word study · Greek

paradéchomai

receive

Say it: par-ad-EKH-om-ai (approximate)

παραδέχομαι

What it means

To accept, to receive, to admit. In 5:19, "don't receive an accusation against an elder." In Mark 4:20, those who "accept" the word, and in Acts 22:18, "they will not receive" your testimony.

Range of meaning

  • AcceptTake in.
  • AdmitAllow to be heard.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 5

    "Don't receive an accusation" (5:19).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3858 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources