Lexical Summary diadechomai: to receive in turn Original Word: διαδέχομαιTransliteration: diadechomai Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ad-ekh'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to receive in turn Meaning: to receive in turn Strong's Concordance come after. From dia and dechomai; to receive in turn, i.e. (figuratively) succeed to -- come after. see GREEK dia see GREEK dechomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1237: διαδέχομαιδιαδέχομαι: 1 aorist διεδεξαμην; properly, to receive through another anything left or bequeathed by him, to receive in succession, receive in turn, succeed to: τήν σκηνήν, the tabernacle, Acts 7:45. (τήν ἀρχήν, τήν βασιλείαν, etc., in Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, others) (Cf. δέχομαι.) |