Lexical Summary dektos: acceptable Original Word: δεκτόςTransliteration: dektos Phonetic Spelling: (dek-tos') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: acceptable Meaning: acceptable Strong's Concordance acceptable. From dechomai; approved; (figuratively) propitious -- accepted(-table). see GREEK dechomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1184: δεκτόςδεκτός, δεκτή, δεκτόν (δέχομαι), accepted, acceptable: Luke 4:24; Philippians 4:18; τίνι, Acts 10:35; the phrases καιρός δεκτός, 2 Corinthians 6:2 (Isaiah 59:8 for רָצון עֵת), and ἐνιαυτός δεκτός, Luke 4:19 (Isaiah 61:2 for רָצון שְׁנַת), denote that most blessed time when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound. (Exodus 28:34; Isaiah 56:7 (etc.). Among secular authors used by Jamblichus, protr. symb. § 20, p. 350.) |
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