“to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to take into one’s hands, etc., Lk. 2:28; 16:6, 7; to receive, Acts 22:5; 28:21; Phil. 4:18; to receive into and retain, contain, Acts 3:21; met. to receive by the hearing, learn, acquire a knowledge of, 2 Cor. 11:4; Jas. 1:21; to receive, admit, grant access to, receive kindly, welcome, Mt. 10:40, 41; 18:5; to receive in hospitality, entertain, Lk. 9:53; Heb. 11:31; to bear with, bear patiently, 2 Cor. 11:16; met. to receive, approve, assent to, Mt. 11:14; Lk. 8:13; Acts 8:14; 11:1; to admit, and by impl. to embrace, follow, 1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Cor. 8:17
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
middle voice of a primary verb;
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