What does δεκτός (dektós) mean in the Bible?
δεκτός (dektós): Acceptable to God—emphasizing divine approval and reception rather than mere acceptability to humans
Greek · G1184
δεκτός
Approved; (figuratively) propitious
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δεκτός G1184
Pronunciation dektós
What does δεκτός (dektós) mean in the Bible?
δεκτός (dektós): Acceptable to God—emphasizing divine approval and reception rather than mere acceptability to humans
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1184?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include accepted (1), an acceptable (1), favor (1), of favor (1), welcomes (1).
Where does δεκτός (dektós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 4:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Acts (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It accepted 1× Luke 4:24
an acceptable 1× Philippians 4:18
favor 1× Luke 4:19
of favor 1× 2 Corinthians 6:2
welcomes 1× Acts 10:35
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 4:19 δεκτόν to favor Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 4:24 δεκτός to accepted Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 10:35 δεκτὸς to welcomes Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2 Corinthians 6:2 δεκτῷ to of favor Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Philippians 4:18 δεκτήν to an acceptable Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 4:19
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 2 Acts 1 2 Corinthians 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
δεκτήν 1x dektēn Philippians 4:18
δεκτόν 1x dekton Luke 4:19
δεκτός 1x dektos Luke 4:24
δεκτὸς 1x dektos Acts 10:35
δεκτῷ 1x dektō 2 Corinthians 6:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Luke 4:24, Acts 10:35
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 4:18
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 4:19
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 6:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Acceptable to God—emphasizing divine approval and reception rather than mere acceptability to humans
Strong's G1184
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 4:19 Source Gloss
approved; (figuratively) propitious
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Acceptable to God—emphasizing divine approval and reception rather than mere acceptability to humans
verbal adj. of δέχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for רָצוֹן: Pro.11:1, al. ;] acceptable: Luk.4:19 (LXX) 24, Act.10:35, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Php.4:18 (cf. εὐπροσδ-).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 4:19 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
δεκτόν. dekton
acceptable, accepted
Read verse Luke 4:24 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
δεκτός dektov
acceptable, accepted
Read verse Acts 10:35 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
δεκτὸς dektov
acceptable, accepted
Read verse 2 Corinthians 6:2 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
δεκτῷ dektw
acceptable, accepted
Read verse Philippians 4:18 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
δεκτήν, dekthn
acceptable, accepted
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:24 · Acts 10:35 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 6:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Phil 4:18 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
The favorable or propitious year of the Lord proclaimed in messianic proclamation
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
δεκτός is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain