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receive

Meaning of “receive”

To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.

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176 occurrences167 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:11

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2 John 1:8
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 John 1:8 · retained source text

Looke to your selues, that wee lose not those things which wee haue wrought, but that we receiue a full reward.

1611 marginal noteOr, gained. Some copies reade, which yee haue gained, but that ye receiue, &c.

2 John 1:10
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 John 1:10 · retained source text

If there come any vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receiue him not into your house, neither bid him, God speed.

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