ἀπόδεκτος
apódektos · G587 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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pleasing, acceptable
Pertaining to that which is pleasing in view of its being acceptable
Examples1 Timothy 2:3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,
1 Timothy 5:4 but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back compensation to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 2
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Pleasing, acceptable25.85
- In 1 Timothy 2:3, Paul writes that praying for all people, including kings and those in authority, “is good and acceptable (apódekton) in the sight of God our Savior,” describing conduct that pleases God.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (so L T WH accent (and Rev. in 1 Tim 2:3); others ἀπόδεκτος, cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 498;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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