Strong's Lexicon
G1551 — ἐκδέχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1551 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκδέχομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G1209 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | ekdechomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-dekh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to accept from some source 2. (by implication) to await |
| KJV Renderings: | expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκδέχομαι; imperfect ἐξεδεχομην; (ἐκ from some person or quarter);
1. to receive, accept ((Homer), Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).
2. to look for, expect, wait for, await: τί, Joh 5:3 R L; Heb 11:10; Jas 5:7; τινα, Act 17:16; 1Co 16:11; ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, namely, until each shall have received his food, 1Co 11:33, cf. 1Co 11:21; followed by ἕως etc. Heb 10:13; (absolutely, 1Pe 3:20 Rec., but see Tdf.s note at the passage). Rarely with this meaning in secular authors, as Sophocles Phil. 123; Apollod. 1, 9, 27 § 3; ἕως ἄν γένηται τί, Dionysius Halicarnassus 6, 67. (Compare: ἀπεκδέχομαι. Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκδέχομαι (expect)
John 5:3
- KJV: In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk of blind halt withered waiting for the moving of the water
- GK: εν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλήθος πολύ των ασθενούντων τυφλών χωλών ξηρών εκδεχομένων την του ύδατος κίνησιν
Acts 17:16
- KJV: Now while Paul waited for them at Athens his spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry
- GK: εν δε ταις Αθήναις εκδεχομένου αυτούς του Παύλου παρωξύνετο το πνεύμα αυτού εν αυτώ θεωρούντι κατείδωλον ούσαν την πόλιν
1 Corinthians 11:33
- KJV: Wherefore my brethren when ye come together to eat tarry one for another
- GK: ώστε αδελφοί μου συνερχόμενοι εις το φαγείν αλλήλους εκδέχεσθε
1 Corinthians 16:11
- KJV: Let no man therefore despise him but conduct him forth in peace that he may come unto me for I look for him with the brethren
- GK: μη τις ούν αυτόν εξουθενήση προπέμψατε δε αυτόν εν ειρήνη ίνα έλθη προς με εκδέχομαι γαρ αυτόν μετά των αδελφών
Hebrews 10:13
- KJV: From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool
- GK: το λοιπόν εκδεχόμενος έως τεθώσιν οι εχθροί αυτού υποπόδιον των ποδών αυτού
Hebrews 11:10
- KJV: For he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker God
- GK: εξεδέχετο γαρ την τους θεμελίους έχουσαν πόλιν ης τεχνίτης και δημιουργός ο θεός
James 5:7
- KJV: Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth and hath long patience for it until he receive the early and latter rain
- GK: μακροθυμήσατε ούν αδελφοί έως της παρουσίας του κυρίου ιδού ο γεωργός εκδέχεται τον τίμιον καρπόν της γης μακροθυμών επ΄ αυτώ έως αν λάβη υετόν πρώϊμον και όψιμον
1 Peter 3:20
- KJV: Which sometime were disobedient when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a preparing wherein few that is eight souls were saved by water
- GK: απειθήσασί ποτε ότε άπαξ εδέχετο η του θεού μακροθυμία εν ημέραις Νώε κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτού εις ην ολίγαι τουτ΄ οκτώ ψυχαί διεσώθησαν δι΄ ύδατος