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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of receive.

Etymologies

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receive + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix

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Examples

  • For Christians this ethic stemmed from Jesus' teaching, "And who shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me" Matthew 18.

    Bob Burnett: Suffer the Little Children Bob Burnett 2011

  • For Christians this ethic stemmed from Jesus' teaching, "And who shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me" Matthew 18.

    Bob Burnett: Suffer the Little Children Bob Burnett 2011

  • For Christians this ethic stemmed from Jesus' teaching, "And who shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me" Matthew 18.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Bob Burnett 2011

  • And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

    TEXAS FAITH: Obama, Congress, CEOs and leadership styles | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • “And whosoever shall receive one such little child in My name receiveth Me, but whoso shall cause one of these little ones to stumble, it is more profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.”

    Resurrection 2003

  • And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me: Mt. 10.40 · Lk. 10.16 · Joh.

    Luke 9. 1999

  • And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

    Matthew 18. 1999

  • Hence the word receiveth another signification, that wherein it is used by the publican, Luke xviii.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

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