- Original: παραδέχομαι - Transliteration: Paradechomai - Phonetic: par-ad-ekh'-om-ahee - Definition: 1. to receive, take up, take upon one's self 2. to admit i.e. not to reject, to accept, receive a. of a son: to acknowledge as one's own - Origin: from G3844 and G1209 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G3844 and G1209 ; to accept near that is admit or (by implication) delight in: - receive. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • receive, 2 Act 16:21; 1 Timothy 5:19 • receiveth, 1 Hebrews 12:6