Lexicon apodektos: Acceptable, pleasing Original Word: ἀπόδεκτος Strong's Exhaustive Concordance acceptable. From apodechomai; accepted, i.e. Agreeable -- acceptable. see GREEK apodechomai HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 587 apódektos (an adjective, derived from 588 /apodéxomai, "gladly receive") – properly, what is gladly welcomed because pleasing (acceptable). 587 (apódektos) looks back to the source that prompts the glad receiving (note the prefix, apo). For the believer, this is God Himself (His grace). See 588 (apodexomai). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom apodechomai Definition acceptable NASB Translation acceptable (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 587: ἀπόδεκτοςἀπόδεκτος (so L T WH accent (and Rev. in 1 Timothy 2:3); others ἀπόδεκτος, cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 498; Göttling, p. 313f; Chandler § 529f), ἀπόδεκτον (see ἀποδέχομαι), a later word, accepted, acceptable, agreeable: 1 Timothy 2:3; 1 Timothy 5:4. Forms and Transliterations αποδεκτον απόδεκτον ἀπόδεκτον αποδεσμεύει απόδεσμος apodekton apódektonLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 1 Timothy 2:3 Adj-NNSGRK: καλὸν καὶ ἀπόδεκτον ἐνώπιον τοῦ NAS: is good and acceptable in the sight KJV: and acceptable in the sight INT: [is] good and acceptable before the 1 Timothy 5:4 Adj-NNS |