Prosdechomai

prosdeÑxomai
Transliterated Word: Prosdechomai
Parts of Speech: Verb
Definition

to receive to one's self, to admit, to give access to one's self
to admit one, receive one into intercourse and companionship
to receive one (coming from some place)
to accept (not to reject) a thing offered
to expect: the fulfilment of promises

Dechomai:
to take up, receive
used of a place receiving one
to receive or grant access to, a visitor, not to refuse intercourse or friendship
to receive hospitality
to receive into one's family to bring up or educate

And the Pharisees and the scribes a grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 15:2

“This man receives sinners and eats with them.”


*From Kenneth E. Bailey's The Cross & the Prodigal

Receive in Greek also has a special prefix. The word dechomai means “to
receive.” But in this verse we have prosdechomai, which means “to welcome
into fellowship.” The first word would mean a willingness to sit down and
talk with a person. The second means accepting him or her as a friend. It is
easy in any age to have long and continued dealings with a person and still
never accept that person fully into fellowship. Paul uses this prosdechomai
for welcoming a person as a sister or brother in the Lord (Romans 16:2; Philippians
2:29). The word appears in the sayings of Jesus, where Mark states,
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever
receives me, receives not me but him who sent me” (Mark 9:37).