King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1551
Transliteration: ekdechomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dekh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take or receive, by implication to await, expect
Meaning: to take or receive, by implication to await, expect
ἐκδέχομαι; imperfect ἐξεδεχομην; (ἐκ from some person or quarter);
Word Summary
ekdechomai: to take or receive, by implication to await, expect
Original Word: ἐκδέχομαιTransliteration: ekdechomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dekh'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take or receive, by implication to await, expect
Meaning: to take or receive, by implication to await, expect
Strong's Concordance
expect, look for, wait for. From ek and dechomai; to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await -- expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for).
see GREEK ek
see GREEK dechomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1551: ἐκδέχομαιἐκδέχομαι; 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, John 5:3 R L; Hebrews 11:10; James 5:7; τινα, Acts 17:16; 1 Corinthians 16:11; ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, namely, until each shall have received his food, 1 Corinthians 11:33, cf. 1 Corinthians 11:21; followed by ἕως etc. Hebrews 10:13; (absolutely, 1 Peter 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.)