Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
acceptable
Usage: δεκτός, -ή, -όν verbal adj. of δέχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for רָצוֹן: Pro.11:1, al. ;] acceptable: Luk.4:19 (LXX) 24, Act.10:35, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Php.4:18 (cf. εὐπροσδ-).† (AS)
Dektos means “approved” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1184 — baaleyyehudah (“Baale of Judah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1184 δεκτός (dektos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dektos (dek-tos') adj. 1. approved 2. (figuratively) propitious It has 39 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include accepted. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
dektos (dek-tos') adj. 1. approved 2. (figuratively) propitious [from G1209] KJV: accepted(-table) Root(s): G1209
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acceptable
Usage: δεκτός, -ή, -όν verbal adj. of δέχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for רָצוֹן: Pro.11:1, al. ;] acceptable: Luk.4:19 (LXX) 24, Act.10:35, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Php.4:18 (cf. εὐπροσδ-).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dektos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1184 (δεκτός) appears 34 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
If his gift be a whole burnt offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering as a thing acceptable for him, to make atonement for him.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For gold is tried in the fire, And acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
My son, go on with thy business in meekness; So shalt thou be beloved of him that is approved.
As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, So is the melody of music with pleasant wine.
First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1184.
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
If his gift be a whole burnt offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering as a thing acceptable for him, to make atonement for him.
and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole burnt offering or peace offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet-smelling savor: and whosoever shall slay it without, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people.
And if ye will sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, ye shall offer it acceptable from yourselves.
your free will offerings shall be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
They shall not bring to the Lord anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
And whatsoever man shall offer a peace offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of freewill offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.
And if thou shouldest offer a sacrifice, a vow of rejoicing to the Lord, ye shall offer it so as to be accepted for you.
and he shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you. On the morrow of the first day the priest shall lift it up.
And of the fullness of the land in season: And let the things pleasing to him that dwelt in the bush Come on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of him who was glorified above his brethren.
And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali has the fullness of good things; And let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: He shall inherit the west and the south.
And to Asher he said, Asher is blessed with children; And he shall be acceptable to his brethren: He shall dip his foot in oil.
And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; He shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise: For he will render to men their due.
But the desire of the righteous is acceptable.
False balances are an abomination before the Lord: But a just weight is acceptable unto him.
But he that deals faithfully is accepted with him.
The houses of transgressors will need purification; But the houses of the just are acceptable.
An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; And by his good behavior he removes disgrace.
The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; But the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
But the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. And through them even enemies become friends.
The beginning of a good way is to do justly; And it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.
Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; And he loves right words.
And all blameless persons are acceptable with him: A king rules with his lips.
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:
I will bring them to my holy mountain, and gladden them in my house of prayer: their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations,
I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.
And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered, and the rams of Nebaioth shall come; and acceptable sacrifices shall be offered on my altar, and my house of prayer shall be glorified.
to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to comfort all that mourn;
Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Sheba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.
And these things which I hated, ye did: ye covered with tears the altar of the Lord, and with weeping and groaning because of troubles: is it meet for me to have respect to your sacrifice, or to receive anything from your hands as welcome?
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
For gold is tried in the fire, And acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
My son, go on with thy business in meekness; So shalt thou be beloved of him that is approved.
As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, So is the melody of music with pleasant wine.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1184, grouped by book.
Dektos (Strong's G1184) is a Greek word most simply glossed "approved". dektos (dek-tos') adj. 1. approved 2. (figuratively) propitious
This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's G1184 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1184 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as accepted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1184, with linked reader references where each row is available.