Apodechomai means “accept” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H588 — anacharath (“Anaharath”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G588 ἀποδέχομαι (apodechomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apodechomai (ap-od-ekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to receive fully 2. (of persons) to welcome It has 13 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include gladly, things, receive, and accept. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
apodechomai (ap-od-ekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to receive fully 2. (of persons) to welcome 3. (things) to approve [from G575 and G1209] KJV: accept, receive (gladly) Root(s): G575, G1209
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G588. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to receive
Usage: ἀπο-δέχομαι [in LXX: Tob.7:17, Jdth.13:13; Jdt.13.1, 4Mac.10:1-21 * ;] to accept gladly, welcome, receive: Luk.8:40 9:11, Act.18:27 21:17 28:30; metaphorically, with accusative of thing(s), Act.2:41 24:3 (MM, see word; Cremer, 688).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apodechomai, 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.
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Strong's G588 (ἀποδέχομαι) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.
So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.
where he was honorably received of Jason, and of the city, and was brought in with torch light, and with great shoutings: and so afterward went with his host unto Phoenicia.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G588.
And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.
So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.
where he was honorably received of Jason, and of the city, and was brought in with torch light, and with great shoutings: and so afterward went with his host unto Phoenicia.
and accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from Ptolemais unto the Gerrenians;
To outward appearance they received us willingly; but belied that appearance by their deeds. When we were eager to enter their temple, and to honor it with the most beautiful and exquisite gifts,
The king, receiving him, was astonished at his unwonted exit; and, overwhelmed with a spirit of oblivion about everything, inquired the object of this earnest preparation.
For at a time when our fathers were in possession of undisturbed peace through obedience to the law, and were prosperous, so that Seleucus Nicanor, the king of Asia, both assigned them money for divine service, and accepted their form of government,
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Apodechomai (Strong's G588) is a Greek word most simply glossed "accept". apodechomai (ap-od-ekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to receive fully 2. (of persons) to welcome
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G588 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G588 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gladly, things, receive, and accept. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G588, with linked reader references where each row is available.