ἀποδεìχομαι
ἀποδέχομαι, Ion. ἀποδεσμ-δέκομαι, fut. -δέξομαι: aor. -εδεξάμην: pf. -δέδεγμαι (for possible pass. usages of this tense v. ἀποδείκνυμι A. 11.3): -
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1. accept, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ’ ἄποινα Il. 1.95, cf. Ar. Ec. 712, X. An. 6.1.24, etc.; ἀ. γνώμην παρά τινος accept advice from him, Hdt. 4.97; ἀπόδεξαί μου ὂ λέγω Pl. Cra. 430d.
2. accept as a teacher, follow, X. Mem. 4.1.1,etc.; ἀ. τινὰ σύμβουλον Pl. Prt. 323c.
3. admit to one’s presence, τοὺς πρεσβευτάς Plb. 21.35.5; ἀ. αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ ῥηθέντα φιλοφρόνως 21.22.1, cf. 3.66.8.
4. mostly of admitting into the mind, receive favourably, approve, ἀπολογίαν Antipho 3.2.2; κατηγορίας, διαβολάς, Th. 3.3, 6.29; τοῖσι μὴ ἀποδεκομένοισι, c. acc. inf., those who do not accept the story that.., Hdt. 6.43; freq. in Pl., δοῦναί τε καὶ ἀ. λόγον R. 531e; τὴν ἀπόκρισιν Prt. 329b; λόγον παρά τινος Smp. 194d, etc.; τι παρά τινος Ti. 29e; τί τινος Th. 1.44, 7.48, Pl. Phlb. 54a, etc.: c. gen. pers. mostly with part. added, ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος receive or accept a statement from him, i.e. believe or agree with his statements, Id. Phd. 92a, 92e; μὴ ἀποδέχεσθε τούτου φενακίζοντος ὑμᾶς D. 56.31; ἀ. μαθηματικοῦ πιθανολογοῦντος Arist. EN 1094b26, cf. Rh. 1395b8: without part., οὐκ ἀποδέχομαι ἐμαυτοῦ ὡς τὸ ἓν δύο γέγονεν I cannot satisfy myself in thinking that.., Pl. Phd. 96e, cf. Euthphr. 9e, R. 329e: abs., to accept a statement, to be satisfied, D. 18.277, Arist. Pol. 1263b16; ἀ. ἐάν.. Pl. R. 336d, 525d: c. gen. rei, to be content with, τῆς προαιρέσεως Lib. Or. 24.2; τῶν εἰρημένων ib. 59.9. generally, approve, acknowledge, τὴν τῶν ἐφήβων ἀρετήν IG 2.481.60,al. take or understand a thing, ὀρθῶς ἀ. τι X. Mem. 3.10.15, cf. Cyr. 8.7.10; ἱκανώτατα Pl. R. 511d; τὰ τοιαῦτα δυσχερῶς πως ἀποδέχομαι Id. Euthphr. 6a; ὑπόπτως Th. 6.53: c. gen. pers. (the acc. rei being understood), οὕτως αὐτοῦ ἀποδεχώμεθα let us understand him thus (referring to what goes before), Pl. R. 340c; μὴ χαλεπῶς ἀλλὰ πράως ἀποδεχώμεθα ἀλλήλων Id. Lg. 634c.
II receive back, recover, Hdt. 4.33; opp. ἀποδιδόναι, Th. 5.26.
III sustain, hold out against, Plb. 3.43.3, 5.51.1.
G588 — ἀποδέχομαι
deponent middle; imperfect ἀπεδεχομην; 1 aorist ἀπεδεξαμην; 1 aorist passive ἀπεδεχθην; common in Greek writings, especially the Attic, from Homer down; in the N. T. used only by Luke; to accept what is offered from without (ἀπό, cf. Latinexcipio), to accept from, receive: τινα, simply, to give one access to oneself, [Luk 9:11] L T Tr WH; [Act 28:30]; with emphasis (cf. Tobit 7:17 and Fritzsche at the passage), to receive with joy, [Luk 8:40]; to receive to hospitality, [Act 21:17] L T Tr WH; to grant one access to oneself in the capacity in which he wishes to be regarded, e. g. as the messenger of others, [Act 15:4] (L T Tr WH παρεδέχθησαν); as a Christian, [Act 18:27]; metaphorically, τί, to receive into the mind with assent: to approve, [Act 24:3]; to believe, τόν λόγον, [Act 2:41]; (so in Greek writings especially Plato; cf. Ast, Lex. Plato, i., p. 232).
** ἀπο - δέχομαι ,
[in LXX : Tob 7:17 , Jdt 13:13 ; Jdt 13:1 -4Ma 10:1-21 * ;]
to accept gladly, welcome, receive: [Luk 8:40]; [Luk 9:11], [Act 18:27]; [Act 21:17]; [Act 28:30]; metaph ., c . acc rei , [Act 2:41]; [Act 24:3] ( MM , s.v. ; Cremer , 688). †