What does ἀναδέχομαι (anadéchomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀναδέχομαι (anadéchomai): To receive or welcome someone as a guest; implies assuming responsibility for their care.
Greek · G324
ἀναδέχομαι
To entertain (as a guest)
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ἀναδέχομαι G324
Pronunciation anadéchomai
What does ἀναδέχομαι (anadéchomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀναδέχομαι (anadéchomai): To receive or welcome someone as a guest; implies assuming responsibility for their care.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G324?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include had received (1), welcomed (1).
Where does ἀναδέχομαι (anadéchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 28:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Hebrews (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 had received 1× Hebrews 11:17
welcomed 1× Acts 28:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 28:7
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἀναδεξάμενος 2x anadexamenos Acts 28:7, Hebrews 11:17
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Acts 28:7, Hebrews 11:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To receive or welcome someone as a guest; implies assuming responsibility for their care.
Strong's G324
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to entertain (as a guest)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 28:7 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναδεξάμενος anadexamenov
I welcome, receive kindly, undertake
Read verse Hebrews 11:17 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναδεξάμενος, anadexamenov
I welcome, receive kindly, undertake
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Middle Acts 28:7 · Heb 11:17 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2
Voice
middle 2
Mood
participle 2
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
ἀναδέχομαι 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