# G3858 παραδέχομαι

παραδέχομαι (paradéchomai), Strong’s G3858: to accept near, i.e. admit or (by implication) delight in KJV: receive. Occurs 8 times.

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*paradéchomai* — to accept near, i.e. admit or (by implication) delight in

KJV: receive

Built from [παρά pará](https://besorah.bible/word/G3844) (near) + [δέχομαι déchomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G1209) (to receive)

Occurs 8 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 4:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=20) — Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times…
- [Acts 16:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/16?v=21) — and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
- [Acts 22:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/22?v=18) — and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning…
- [1 Timothy 5:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/5?v=19) — Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses.
- [Hebrews 12:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/12?v=6) — for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
- [3 Maccabees 7:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/7?v=12) — The king admitted the truth of this reasoning, and commended them. Full power was given them, without warrant or…