δεκτός
acceptable
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
See every Accusative-case word in the Greek New Testament →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
2 distinct verses where G1184 appears in the Accusative case, across 2 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Luke 1 verse
Philippians 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
δεκτος (dektós) is a Greek adjective most often rendered “acceptable.” The Greek New Testament uses it only 5 verses. It concentrates in Luke, which alone accounts for 40% of its uses. It first appears in Luke 4:19. From the same root come δεχομαι, δεξιος and δοκος. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1184 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 5
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 5 distinct verses.
- 4 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 4 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,648
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,648 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 5 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Luke 2 verses 40%
- Acts 1 verse 20%
- 2 Corinthians 1 verse 20%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 5 distinct verses.
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 3 verses · 60%
- Gospels 2 verses · 40%
- Pauline corpus 2 verses · 40%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Accepted 3×, Acceptable 2×
- American Standard Version: Acceptable 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Favor 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Acceptable 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1184 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1184 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1184 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1184 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- accepted, acceptable
Word origin
Derived from δεχομαι (déchomai) (G1209) — to receive.
From G1209 ; approved ; (figuratively) propitious : - accepted (-table).
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 5 distinct written forms G1184 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| δεκτήν dektḗn | Adjective, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Philippians 4:18 | 1 |
| δεκτόν dektón | Adjective, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Luke 4:19 | 1 |
| δεκτός dektós | Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Luke 4:24 | 1 |
| δεκτὸς dektòs | Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Acts 10:35 | 1 |
| δεκτῷ dektō̂ | Adjective, Dative, Singular, Masculine | 2 Corinthians 6:2 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1184, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word δεκτος appears 31 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 31 verses in 8 books.
- 31
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 31
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 8 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 8 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Exodus 28:38 δεκτός
- Leviticus 1:3 δεκτός
- Deuteronomy 33:16 δεκτός
- Job 33:26 δεκτός
- Proverbs 10:24 δεκτός
- Isaiah 49:8 δεκτός
- Jeremiah 6:20 δεκτός
- Malachi 2:13 δεκτός
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1184) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 28:38 δεκτός It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 1:3 δεκτός "'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 1:4 δεκτός He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 17:4 δεκτός and hasn't brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
- Leviticus 19:5 δεκτός "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
- Leviticus 22:19 δεκτός that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
- Leviticus 22:20 δεκτός But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
- Leviticus 22:21 δεκτός Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
- Leviticus 22:29 δεκτός "When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
- Leviticus 23:11 δεκτός and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
- Deuteronomy 33:16 δεκτός For the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, The good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
- Deuteronomy 33:23 δεκτός Of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, Full with the blessing of Yahweh, Possess you the west and the south.
- Deuteronomy 33:24 δεκτός Of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable to his brothers, Let him dip his foot in oil.
- Job 33:26 δεκτός He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: He restores to man his righteousness.
- Proverbs 10:24 δεκτός What the wicked fear, will overtake them, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Proverbs 11:1 δεκτός A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
- Proverbs 12:22 δεκτός Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, But those who do the truth are his delight.
- Proverbs 14:9 δεκτός Fools mock at making atonement for sins, But among the upright there is good will.
- Proverbs 14:35 δεκτός The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, But his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
- Proverbs 15:8 δεκτός The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Proverbs 15:28 δεκτός The heart of the righteous weighs answers, But the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
- Proverbs 16:3 δεκτός Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.
- Proverbs 16:9 δεκτός A man's heart plans his course, But Yahweh directs his steps.
- Proverbs 22:11 δεκτός He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully Is the king's friend.
- Isaiah 49:8 δεκτός Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
- Isaiah 56:7 δεκτός even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
- Isaiah 58:5 δεκτός Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- Isaiah 60:7 δεκτός All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
- Isaiah 61:2 δεκτός to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- Jeremiah 6:20 δεκτός To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
- Malachi 2:13 δεκτός This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1184) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
