# G588 ἀποδέχομαι

ἀποδέχομαι (apodéchomai), Strong’s G588: to take fully, i.e. welcome (persons), approve (things) KJV: accept, receive (gladly). Occurs 13 times.

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*apodéchomai* — to take fully, i.e. welcome (persons), approve (things)

KJV: accept, receive (gladly)

Built from [ἀπό apó](https://besorah.bible/word/G575) ("off," i.e. away) + [δέχομαι déchomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G1209) (to receive)

Occurs 13 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 8:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=40) — When Yeshua returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
- [Acts 2:41](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=41) — Then those who gladly received his word were immersed. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
- [Acts 18:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/18?v=27) — When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him; and wrote to the disciples to receive…
- [Acts 24:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/24?v=3) — we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
- [Acts 28:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/28?v=30) — Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house and received all who were coming to him,
- [Tobit 7:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/tobit/7?v=17) — She did as he asked her, and brought her in there. She wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said to…
- [1 Maccabees 9:71](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/9?v=71) — He accepted the thing, and did according to his words, and swore to him that he would not seek his harm all the days of…
- [2 Maccabees 3:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/3?v=9) — When he had come to Jerusalem and had been courteously received by the high priest of the city, he told him about the…
- [2 Maccabees 3:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/3?v=35) — So Heliodorus, having offered a sacrifice to the Lord and vowed great vows to him who had saved his life, and having…
- [2 Maccabees 13:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/13?v=24) — showed kindness and graciously received Maccabaeus, left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even to the Gerrenians,