παραδέχομαι paradéchomai

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: receive

Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G1209 (δέχομαι);

Where it is used

• Mark 4:20 Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”
• Acts 15:4 On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
• Acts 16:21 by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
• Acts 22:18 and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
• 1 Timothy 5:19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Hebrews 12:6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”