The Greek verb diadechomai means to receive something in succession from another — to inherit or take over after a predecessor. It appears in Acts 7:45 in Stephen's speech, where he describes the tabernacle being brought in by Joshua and the succeeding generations of Israel who received it in turn.
Stephen's use of diadechomai in Acts 7 traces the continuity of God's covenant purposes through successive generations. Each generation received the promises and responsibilities from those before them — the tabernacle was not abandoned when Moses died but was faithfully carried forward by Joshua and the people who came after. This succession theology is central to the New Testament: the church receives the apostolic deposit and passes it on (2 Timothy 2:2). The Great Commission is itself a diadechomai — each generation inheriting the mission and passing it to the next until Christ returns.