Quick Definition
διαδέχομαι v. I receive in my turn
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 1209; to receive in turn, i.e. (figuratively) succeed to
KJV Usage: come after
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δέχομαι
57.130 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Receive
to receive from, to receive in turn to succeed someone as the owner of a particular object or possession
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-δέχομαι : 1 aor. διεδεξάμην ; prop. to receive through another anything left or bequeathed by him, to receive in succession, receive in turn, succeed to: τὴν σκηνήν the tabernacle, Acts vii. 45. (τὴν ἀρχήν, τὴν βασιλείαν, etc., in Polyb., Diod., Joseph., 41.) [Cf. δέχομαι. 1
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαδέχομαι diadechomai 1x
to receive by transmission; to receive in return, Acts 7:45*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-δέχομαι
[in LXX for מִשְׁנֶה (Deiss., BS, 115), פַּרְבָּר ;]
to receive through another, receive in turn: Ac 7:45 (RV, in their turn; v. Field, Notes, 116).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαδέχομαι. On a special sense of this verb and its correlative διάδοχος (see s.v.) in LXX, see Deissmann 4S, p. 115. The only occurrences of either word in NT are in the normal sense, which can be freely illustrated. On P Ryl II. 847 (A.D. 146) ταῦτα γράφω διαδεχόμενος τὴν ΠΙρόκλου τοῦ κρατίστου εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀποδημίαν, the editors remark
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαδέχομαι (diadechomai) — to receive in turn. διαδέχομαι, future -ξομαι, receive one from another, δ. τὸν λόγον take up the word, i.e. speak next, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. νόμους παρὰ τῶν θεῶν, τέχνην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν διατριβήν, leadership of a school of philosophy, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. δ. βασιλείαν succeed to the kingdom, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὴν ναῦν δ. τινί, of a trierarch [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. διαδέχεσθαί τινι succeed one, take his place, relieve him on guard, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν στρατηγίαν act for the στρατηγός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοὺς προφήτας στολισταὶ δ. represent, [Refs]
II. b appoint a successor to, τινά [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, διεδέχθη τῆς στρατηγίας was relieved of his command, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. absolutely, relieve one another, τοῖς ἵπποις with fresh horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (wrongly explained as closing in from both sides by [Refs 4th c.BC+]; succeed, οἱ διαδεχόμενοι στρατηγοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ διαδεξάμενοι the successors (of Alexander), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect participle passive, νὺξ εἰσάγει καὶ νὺξ ἀπωθεῖ διαδεδεγμένη in turns, by turns, [NT+5th c.BC+]
III. supersede, τὸν ὕπατον [Refs 1st c.BC+]