"to accept, receive, met. to receive, admit, yield assent to, Mk. 4:20; Acts 15:4; 16:21; 22:18; 1 Tim. 5:19; in NT to receive or embrace with favor, approve, love, Heb. 12:6*"
Definition and meaning
to accept, receive, met. to receive, admit, yield assent to, Mk. 4:20; Acts 15:4; 16:21; 22:18; 1 Tim. 5:19; in NT to receive or embrace with favor, approve, love, Heb. 12:6*
In the original Greek the word is written: παραδέχομαι
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of paradechomai (G3858) across the King James Bible.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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Common questions
Strong's G3858 (paradechomai) is a Greek word that means: to accept, receive, met. to receive, admit, yield assent to, Mk. 4:20; Acts 15:4; 16:21; 22:18; 1 Tim. 5:19; in NT to receive or embrace with favor, approve, love, Heb. 12:6* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word paradechomai (G3858) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3858 is paradechomai, a Greek word defined as: to accept, receive, met. to receive, admit, yield assent to, Mk. 4:20; Acts 15:4; 16:21; 22:18; 1 Tim. 5:19; in NT to receive or embrace with favor, a. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
paradechomai is a Greek word found in the New Testament.