Quick Definition
ἀναδέχομαι v. I welcome, receive kindly, undertake
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 1209; to entertain (as a guest)
KJV Usage: receive
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δέχομαι
34.53 · Association · Welcome, Receive
to welcome, to receive, to accept, to have as a guest to accept the presence of a person with friendliness
90.75 · Case · Experiencer
to experience, to receive to experience something as the recipient of an event
1 There are no doubt certain contextual constraints involved in the choice of ἀναδέχομαι[a], ἀποδέχομαι[a], ἐπιδέχομαι[a], εἰσδέχομαι, ὑποδέχομαι, προσδέχομαι[b], and παραδέχομαι[b] in the sense that the spacial relationships involved in the welcoming of a guest can be reflected in the prepositional prefixes. For example, in LUK 8:40 the use of ἀποδέχομαι may focus upon the particular source, while ἐπιδέχομαι in 3JN 1:10 may be relevant in view of the fact that the believers are coming to a particular point. προσδέχομαι in LUK 15:2 may suggest a kind of reciprocal relationship which is established with outcasts, and παραδέχομαι in ACT 15:4 may simply point to spacial proximity. However, it would be wrong to insist upon clear distinctions in meaning based on the very limited number of contexts involved. Some of these same distinctions in spacial relations may exist for the set προσλαμβάνω[e], παραλαμβάνω[d], ἀπολαμβάνω[d]. 2 HEB 11:17 Though one may render ἀναδέχομαι in HEB 11:17 as ‘to receive,’ in reality the receiver is simply the individual who experiences either the event of promising or the content of the promises as expressed through subsequent events.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-δέχομαι : 1 aor. ἀνεδεξάμην ; fr. Hom. down; to take up, take upon one’s self, undertake, assume; hence to receive, entertain any one hospitably: Acts xxviii. 7; to entertain in one’s mind: ras ἐπαγγελίας, i. 6. to embrace them with faith, Heb. xi. 17.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναδέχομαι anadechomai 2x
to receive, as opposed to shunning or refusing; to receive with hospitality, Acts 28:7; to embrace a proffer or promise, Heb. 11:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνα-δέχομαι
[in LXX: II Mac 6:19 8:36*;]
to assume, undertake (in π. freq. as legal term: MM, VGT, s.v.): ἐπαγγελίας, He 11:17.
= cl. ὑποδέχομαι, to receive: of guests, Ac 28:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναδέχομαι. There is a legal sense of this word which is not uncommon —P Oxy III. 513° (a.p. 184) ἐάν τις ζήτη[σις] περὶ τούτου γένηται πρὸς αὐτὸν. .. [ἐγὼ] αὐτὸς τοῦτο avaδέξομαι, ‘if any action is brought against him in connexion with this, I will take the responsibility upon myself” (Edd.). ava nrew So P Tebt I. 98? (c. B.C. 112) dv ἀδεδέγμεθα (1. avad-), “*for whom we are security,” and the late P Grenf II 99 (a)! (vi/vii A.p.) Aavelr ἀνεδέξατο Θαησίαν ὥστε αὐτὴν ἀπελθῖν els διαίτην καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ διαίτης ποιήσῃ, ‘ David has become surety for Thaesia on condition that she return to her home and busy herself with its duties.” The verb is followed by the infinitive, P Tebt I. 755 (B.c. 112) ἀναδέχομαι πόρον δώσιν τῆς (ἀρτάβης), ‘I undertake to provide for the artaba tax”; P Hib I. 58%ff (B.c. 245-4) ἀναδέδεκται yap ἡμῖν ἀπομετρήσειν σῖτον: cf. OG/S 339” (ii/B.c.) τάς τε πρεσβείας ἀνεδέχετο προθύμως, 20. 441° (i/B.C.) καὶ διὰ ταῦτα κινδύνους πολλοὺς [. . .] ὑπὲρ τῶν ἡμετέρων δημοσίων [. . προθυμό]τατα ἀ[ν]αδεδεγμένους. Sy// 92959 (ii/B.c.) πᾶσαν ἀναδεχόμενοι κακοπαθίαν χάριν τοῦ μηθενὸς ὑστερῆσαι δικαίov μηθένα τῶν κρινομένων, of judges who say they have given not only the day but τὸ πλεῖον τῆς νυκτός to their work. Add Sy/Z 530° (late iv/B.c.) = ‘‘undertake””; so P Eleph 291? (iii/B.c.), P Tebt 11. 329! (a.p. 139), and BGU I. 19414 (A.D. 177), and P Ryl II. 778 (a.p. 192) ἀναδεξάμενος τὴν μείζονα ἀρχὴν οὐκ ὀφείλει τὴν ἐλάττον᾽ ἀποφεύγειν. The predominance of this meaning suggests its application in Heb 1117, The statement that Abraham had ‘‘undertaken,” ‘‘assumed the responsibility of’’ the promises, would not perhaps be alien to the thought. In Ac 2o? it is ‘‘ hospitio excepit”’ (Blass), Attic ὑποδέχεσθαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναδέχομαι (anadechomai) — to receive. ἀναδέχομαι, future -δέξομαι: aorist ἀνεδεξάμην, Epic dialect aorist ἀνεδέγμην (see. below): perfect passive ἀναδέδεγμαι:— take up, catch, receive, σάκος δ᾽ ἀνεδέξατο πολλά (i.e. δόρατα) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. receive, entertain as a guest, [NT]
II. take upon oneself, submit to, ἀνεδέγμεθ᾽ ὀϊζύν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, acknowledge one's evidence, of an absent witness, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. accept, receive, ἀγγελίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; λουτρὰ.. μητρὸς ἀνεδέξω πάρα [Refs]; χορηγίας, ἡγεμονίαν, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; accept a statement, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.3. admit of, κλίσιν, ἀριθμόν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4. undertake to say or do, with future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with aorist infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.4. b undertake, with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; take upon oneself, αἰτίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρεσβείας, κινδύνους, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.5. give security to one, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; go bail for, τινά[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοὺς δανειστάς undertake to satisfy them, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. τὴν πίστιν ὑπέρ τινος[Refs]
II.6. take back, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.7. experience, suffer, πάθος, ταραχάς, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. wait for, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]