Lexicon dektos: acceptable Original Word: δεκτός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dektos Phonetic Spelling: (dek-tos') Short Definition: acceptable, accepted Definition: acceptable, accepted. HELPS word-Studies 1184 dektós (an adjective derived from 1209/dexomai) – properly, what is received favorably (acceptable), describing what is welcomed because pleasing. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dechomaiDefinitionacceptable NASB Translationacceptable (2), favorable (1), welcome (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1184: δεκτόςδεκτός, δεκτή, δεκτόν ( δέχομαι), accepted, acceptable: Luke 4:24; Philippians 4:18; τίνι, Acts 10:35; the phrases καιρός δεκτός, 2 Corinthians 6:2 ( Isaiah 59:8 for רָצון עֵת), and ἐνιαυτός δεκτός, Luke 4:19 ( Isaiah 61:2 for רָצון שְׁנַת), denote that most blessed time when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound. ( Exodus 28:34; Isaiah 56:7 (etc.). Among secular authors used by Jamblichus, protr. symb. § 20, p. 350.)
Strong's acceptable. From dechomai; approved; (figuratively) propitious -- accepted(-table). see GREEK dechomai |
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