δέχομαι

(future 2 person plural δεξεσθε, Eph 6:17 Rec.bez); 1 aorist ἐδεξάμην; perfect δεδεγμαι (Acts 8:14); deponent middle; the Sept. mostly for לָקַח;
1. to take with the hand: τό γράμμα (L text T Tr WH τά γράμματα), Lk 16:6f; τό ποτήριον, Lk 22:17; to take hold of, take up, τήν περικεφαλαίαν... τήν μάχαιραν, Eph 6:17; τό παιδίον εἰς ἀγκάλας, Lk 2:28.
2. to take up, receive (German aufnehmen,annehmen);
a. used of a place receiving one: ὅν δεῖ οὐρανόν δέξασθαι (οὐρανόν is subject), Acts 3:21 (Plato, Theact., p. 177 a. τελευτησαντας αὐτούς... ὁ τῶν κακῶν καθαρός τόπος οὐ δέξεται).
b. with the accusative of person to receive, grant access to, a visitor; not to refuse contact or friendship: Lk 9:11 R G; Jn 4:45; 2 Cor 7:15; Gal 4:14; Col 4:10; to receive to hospitality, Mt 10:14, Mt 10:40; Mk 6:11; Lk 9:5, Lk 9:53; Lk 10:8, Lk 10:10; Acts 21:17 Rec.; Heb 11:31 (often in Greek writings from Homer down); παιδίον, to receive into one's family in order to bring up and educate, Mt 18:5; Mk 9:37; Lk 9:48; to receive εἰς τούς οἴκους, τάς σκηνάς, Lk 16:4, Lk 16:9; δέξαι τό πνεῦμα μου, to thyself in heaven, Acts 7:59.
c. with the accusative of the thing offered in speaking, teaching, instructing; to receive favorably, give ear to, embrace, make one's own, approve, not to reject: τόν λόγον, Lk 8:13; Acts 8:14; Acts 11:1; Acts 17:11; 1 Thess 1:6; 1 Thess 2:13; Jas 1:21; τά τοῦ πνεύματος 1 Cor 2:14; τήν παράκλησιν, 2 Cor 8:17; τήν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας namely, commended to them, 2 Thess 2:10; (add the elliptical construction in Mt 11:14) (often in Greek writings); to receive a benefit offered, not to reject it, 2 Cor 8:4 Rec. d. to receive equivalent to to take upon oneself, sustain, bear, endure: τινα, his bearing and behavior, 2 Cor 11:16 τήν ἀδικίαν, Hebrew נָשָׂא, Gen 50:17; πᾶν, ὁ ἐάν ἐπαχθῇ, Sir. 2:4; μυθον χαλεπόν, Homer, Odyssey 20, 271, and often in Greek writers).
3. to receive, get, (German empfangen): ἐπιστολάς, Acts 22:5; γράμματα, Acts 28:21; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, to become a partaker of the benefits of God's kingdom, Mk 10:15; Lk 18:17; λόγια ζῶντα, Acts 7:38; εὐαγγέλιον, 2 Cor 11:4; τήν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ, 2 Cor 6:1; — equivalent to to learn: Phm 4:18 ((?) see the commentaries at the passage).