Quick Definition
worthy to be received, acceptable, welcome
Strong's Definition
accepted, i.e. agreeable
Derivation: from G588 (ἀποδέχομαι);
KJV Usage: acceptable
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπόδεκτος (so L T WH accent (and Rev. in 1Ti_2:3); others ἀπόδεκτος, cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 498; Göttling, p. 313f; Chandler § 529f), ἀπόδεκτον (see ἀποδέχομαι), a later word, accepted, acceptable, agreeable: 1Ti_2:3; 1Ti_5:4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπόδεκτος apodektos 2x
acceptable, pleasant, 1Ti_2:3 ; 1Ti_5:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* † ἀπό -δεκτος , -ον
( < άποδέχομαι ),
acceptable: 1Ti_2:3 ; 1Ti_5:4 . †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπόδεκτος [page 61]
OGIS 441 .100 (i/B.C.) ἀπόδεκ [τα ὑπάρχει ]ν δεῖν . (Ἀπρόσδεκτος is found in the contrary sense P Oxy II. 268 .18 (A.D. 58) τὴν ἐσομένην ἔφ [ο ]δον ἄκυρον καὶ πρόσδεκτον ( l. ἀπρ .) ὑπάρχειν , any claim that is made shall be void and inadmissible (Edd.) : cf. the Xanthos inscription Syll 633 .9 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν δέ τις βιάσηται , ἀπρόσδεκτος ἡ θυσία παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ .) Ἀποδεκτέος laudandus occurs in Vettius Valens : see under ἀποδέχομαι . The noun ἀποδέκτης , following σίτ (ου ), occurs in Ostr 1217 (iii/A.D.), al.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀπό-δεκτος, -ον
(άποδέχομαι),
acceptable: 1Ti.2:3 5:4.†
(AS)