Strong's Greek: 5264. ὑποδέχομαι (hupodechomai) -- to receive under one's roof, to receive as a guest

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Lexicon

hupodechomai: to receive under one's roof, to receive as a guest

Original Word: ὑποδέχομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hupodechomai
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-od-ekh'-om-ahee)
Short Definition: I receive as a guest
Definition: I receive as a guest, entertain hospitably, welcome.

HELPS word-Studies

5264 hypodéxomai (from 5259 /hypó, "under" and 1209/dexomai, "receive, welcome") – properly, welcome under, i.e. to receive someone (something) as under their personal responsibility (note the hypo). This welcoming portrays what is received as under one's personal care (to see to the needs, etc.).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from hupo and dechomai
Definition
to receive under one's roof, to receive as a guest
NASB Translation
received (2), welcomed (2).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 5264: ὑποδέχομαι

ὑποδέχομαι (see ὑπό, III. 1): 1 aorist ὑπεδεξαμην; perfect ὑποδεδεγμαι; from Homer down; to receive as a guest: τινα, Luke 19:6; Acts 17:7; James 2:25; εἰς τόν οἶκον, Luke 10:38. (Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)

Strong's

receive.

From hupo and dechomai; to admit under one's roof, i.e. Entertain hospitably -- receive.

see GREEK hupo

see GREEK dechomai