Quick Definition
ἀπόδεκτος, ον Adj worthy to be received, acceptable, welcome
Strong's Definition
from 588; accepted, i.e. agreeable
KJV Usage: acceptable
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | δέχομαι
25.85 · Attitudes and Emotions · Acceptable To, To Be Pleased With
pleasing, acceptable pertaining to that which is pleasing in view of its being acceptable In a number of languages it is necessary to restructure expressions containing ‘acceptable to’ or ‘pleasing to.’ For example, in ACT 10:35 it may be necessary to translate ‘God accepts whoever worships him and does what is right’ or ‘God is pleased with whoever worships him and does what is right.’ Similarly, in 1TI 2:3 one may translate ‘this is good, and God our Savior likes it’ or ‘... is happy because of it.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπό-δεκτος [so L T WH accent (and Ree. in 1 Tim. ii. 38) ; al. ἀποδεκτός, cf. Lob. Paralip. p. 498; Gottling p. 313 sq-; Chandler § 529 sq.], τον, (see ἀποδέχομαι), a later word, accepted, acceptable, agreeable: 1 Tim. ii. 3; v. 4." ἀπο-δέχομαι; depon. mid. ; impf. ἀπεδεχόμην ; 1 aor. ἀπεδεξάμην; 1 aor. pass. ἀπεδέχθην ; common in Grk. writ., esp. the Attic, fr. Hom. down; in the N. T. used only by Luke; to accept what is offered from without (ἀπό, cf. Lat. excipio), to accept from, receive: τινά, simply, to give one access to one’s self, Lk. ix. 11 L T Tr WH; Acts xxviii. 30; with emphasis [cf. Tob. vii. 17 and Fritzsche ad loc.], to receive with joy, Lk. viii. 40; to receive to hospitality, Acts xxi. 17 L T Tr WH; to grant one access to one’s self in the capacity in which he wishes to be regarded, e. g. as the messenger of others, Acts xv. 4 (L T Tr WH παρεδέχθησαν) ; asa Christian, Acts xviii. 27; metaph. τί, to receive into the mind with assent: to approve, Acts xxiv. 3; to believe, τὸν λόγον, Acts ii. 41; (so in Grk. writ. esp. Plato; ef. Ast, Lex. Plat. i. p. 232).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπόδεκτος apodektos 2x
acceptable, pleasant, 1 Tim. 2:3; 5:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀπό-δεκτος, -ον
(< άποδέχομαι),
acceptable: I Ti 2:3 5:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπόδεκτος. OG/S 441190 (i/B.c.) ἀπόδεκ[τα ὑπάρχει]ν δεῖν. ( Ampdoδεκτος is found in the contrary sense P Oxy II. 268᾽8 (A.D. 58) τὴν ἐσομένην ἔφ[ο]δον ἄκυρον καὶ πρόσδεκτον (Δ aarp.) ὑπάρχειν, ““Δηγν claim that is made shall be void and inadmissible” (Edd.): cf. the Xanthos inscription Sy/? 633° (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν δέ τις βιάσηται, ἀπρόσδεκτος ἥ θυσία παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ.) ᾿Αποδεκτέος ““ laudandus” occurs in Vettius Valens: see under ἀποδέχομαι. The noun ἀποδέκτης, following σίτίον), occurs in Osty 1217 (iii/A.D.), a.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπόδεκτος (apodektos) — pleasing. ἀποδεκ-τός, όν (ή, όν probable reading in [Refs 1st c.BC+], acceptable, welcome, [NT+1st c.AD+]: comparative -ότερος[Refs 1st c.AD+] adverb -τως[Refs 5th c.BC+]