Words the Bible translates as accept
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- lambanōλαμβάνωto take or receive: to get something into your hands or into your possession, whether by reaching for it or by accepting what someone gives you
- dechomaiδέχομαιto accept something offered: to take a message, gift, or object to oneself willingly
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- to welcome a person: to take someone in and give them a willing, favorable reception
- prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
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- to wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
- ratsahרָצָהto be pleased with someone or something: to accept them gladly, look on them with favor, and take delight in them
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- to pay off in full: to satisfy a debt or serve out a sentence until the account is settled
- chōreōχωρέωto make room within oneself; to take in, receive, or accept a person or a demanding truth
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- to go, pass, or make one's way toward a place or a state
- to hold or contain; to have room for
- apodechomaiἀποδέχομαιto welcome wholeheartedly: to receive a person or a message gladly and with approval
- qavalקָבַלto receive: to take into your hands, or onto yourself, what is handed over or set before you
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- to be set facing and matching each other, so that the two line up and can be joined
- ru'aḥרִיחַto smell: to take in a scent, and so, when God is the one smelling, to receive an offering with favor
- epineuōἐπινεύωto acceptnot studied yet
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