Word: paradecomai

Pronounce: par-ad-ekh'-om-ahee

Strongs Number: G3858

Orig: from 3844 and 1209; to accept near, i.e. admit or (by implication) delight in:--receive. G3844

Use: Verb

Heb Strong: H5375 H7521

1) to receive, take up, take upon one's self
2) to admit i.e. not to reject, to accept, receive
2a) of a son: to acknowledge as one's own