What does διαδέχομαι (diadéchomai) mean in the Bible?
διαδέχομαι (diadéchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to receive in turn".
Greek · G1237
διαδέχομαι
To receive in turn
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διαδέχομαι G1237
Pronunciation diadéchomai
What does διαδέχομαι (diadéchomai) mean in the Bible?
διαδέχομαι (diadéchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to receive in turn".
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How does the BSB render G1237?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include received it (1).
Where does διαδέχομαι (diadéchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:45. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 received it 1× Acts 7:45
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First aligned row Acts 7:45
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
διαδεξάμενοι 1x diadexamenoi Acts 7:45
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 7:45
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to receive in turn
Source Gloss
to receive in turn
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to receive through another, receive in turn: Act.7:45 (RV, in their turn; see Field, Notes, 116).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:45 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
διαδεξάμενοι diadexamenoi
I receive in my turn
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
διαδέχομαι is built from these roots:
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