Dictionary entry

ἀποδέχομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἀπο-δέχομαι

[in LXX: To 7:17, Jth 13:13; Jdt.13.1, I-IV Mac₁₀*;]

to accept gladly, welcome, receive: Lk 8:40 9:11, Ac 18:27 21:17 28:30; metaph., c. acc. rei, Ac 2:41 24:3 (MM, s.v.; Cremer, 688).†