from G3844 and G2983; to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn:--receive, take (unto, with).
to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self
an associate, a companion
metaph.
to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be
not to reject, not to withhold obedience
to receive something transmitted
an office to be discharged
to receive with the mind
by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds
by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)