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Strong's #1926 - ἐπιδέχομαι
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- to receive hospitality
- to admit, i.e. not to reject
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ἐπιδέχομαι,
Ion. etc.
From G1909 and G1209
ἐπιδέχομαι; (from Herodotus down);
1. to receive hospitably: τινα, 3 John 1:10 (Polybius 22, 1, 3).
2. to admit, i. e. not to reject": τινα, one's authority, 3 John 1:9 (τούς λόγους, 1 Macc. 10:46; παιδείαν, Sir. 51:26). (Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)
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** ἐπι -δέχομαι ,
[in LXX: Judith 13:13 B2, 1 Maccabees 10:1; 1 Maccabees 14:23, Sirach 51:26, al.;]
1. in cl., of things, to allow of, admit of (Dem., Arist., al.). In late writers,
2. to accept besides (Polyb.), to accept (in Papyri of the terms of a lease; v. ICC, on 3Jo, l.c.): 3 John 1:9.
3. (a) to receive besides (Menand.);
(b) to receive hospitably (1Mac, Sir, ll c.): 3 John 1:10†
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With the use of this verb in 3 Jn .9 we may compare P Par 63.161 (B.C. 165) (= P Petr III. p. 32) ἀσμένως ἐπιδέξασθαι τὸ προτεινόμενον, ";to receive cheerfully what is proposed,"; and for the slightly different sense in the following verse (3 John 1:10) cf. P Oxy II. 281.9 (A.D. 20–50) ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἐπιδεξαμένη αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ τῶν γονέων μου οἰκητήρια λειτὸν παντελῶς ὄντα, ";as he was destitute of means I received him into my parents’ house"; (Edd.). For the general sense ";accept"; cf. P Oxy I. 44.19 (late i/A.D.) τῶν ὠνῶν μὴ ἐπιδεδεγμένων ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν, ";the taxes not having been accepted by the tax-farmers"; : the verb is also common with μισθώσασθαι of ";accepting"; the terms of a lease, e.g. P Oxy X. 1279.5 (A.D. 139). A derived sense ";undertake"; appears in P Par 63.90 (B.C. 165) (= P Petr III. p. 26) ἐπιδέχεσθαι τὰ τῆς γεωργίας, ";to undertake field labour,"; P Oxy III. 498.6 (ii/A.D.) ἐπιδεχόμεθα λαξείαν τῶν οἰκοδομουμένων λίθων κύβων, ";we undertake to cut the squared building stones"; : cf. ib. XII. 1412.7 (c. A.D. 284) οὐδὲ βραχεῖαν ἀνάθεσ [ι ]ν ἐπιδέχεται, ";does not admit even a brief delay"; (Edd.).
The subst. is found in PSI IV. 316.16 (iv/A.D. ?) βεβαι [ουμένης δέ μο ]ι ̣ τῆς ἐπιδοχῆς.
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