Word study · lex.G4327
προσδέχομαι prosdechomai
receive · welcome · accept · await
Team definition
A compound of δέχομαι meaning to receive someone to oneself, welcome, admit, or accept, and also to expect or wait for. With a personal object it is “welcome,” as in Rom 16:2. With a thing it can mean accept or look for. The Rom 16 use is the welcome sense, not the waiting sense.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 14
Mark 15:43Luke 2:25Luke 2:38Luke 12:36Luke 15:2Luke 23:51Acts 23:21Acts 24:15Rom 16:2Phil 2:29Titus 2:13Heb 10:34Heb 11:35Jude 1:21
Senses
1. receive or welcome a person Rom 16:2, Phil 2:29, Luke 15:2
2. accept a thing Heb 10:34, Heb 11:35
3. expect or wait for Luke 2:25, Titus 2:13, Jude 1:21
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. προσδέχομαι (G4327)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G4327
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
διάκονος and προστάτις (16:1–2) Rom 16:1; Rom 16:2