Bible dictionaries
Await
What Bible dictionaries say about “Await”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Await - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
AWA'IT, v.t. [a and wait. See Wait.]
Literally, to remain, hold or stay.
1. To wait for; to look for, or expect.
Betwixt the rocky pillars, Gabriel sat,
Chief of the Angelic guards, awaiting night.
2. To be in store for; to attend; to be ready for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.
AWA'IT, n. Ambush; in a state of waiting for.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
a-wat': Only in Ac 9:24 the King James Version, in its now obsolete sense as a noun, "ambush": "their laying await was known of Saul." the Revised Version (British and American) "their plot."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915