Strong G1551ἐκδέχομαι
to wait for
- Transliteration
- ekdechomai
- Pronunciation
- ek-dekh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-δέχομαι
[in LXX for עֶרֶב, קָבַץ, etc.;]
1. to take or receive from (Hom., Hdt., a1.).
2. (Rare in cl.), to expect, await: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.5:3, Heb.11:10, Jas.5:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:16, 1Co.11:33 16:11; before ἕως, Heb.10:13 (Cremer, 687).†
(AS)
[in LXX for עֶרֶב, קָבַץ, etc.;]
1. to take or receive from (Hom., Hdt., a1.).
2. (Rare in cl.), to expect, await: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.5:3, Heb.11:10, Jas.5:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:16, 1Co.11:33 16:11; before ἕως, Heb.10:13 (Cremer, 687).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1551 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wait3
- look2
- expect1
- tarry1
- waiteth1
First verses
- John 5:3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
- Acts 17:16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- 1 Corinthians 11:33Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
- 1 Corinthians 16:11Let 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.
- Hebrews 10:13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
- Hebrews 11:10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- James 5:7Be 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.
- 1 Peter 3:20Which 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.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect ἐκδέκ-, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκδέχαται [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 197)]: future ἐκδερμᾰτ-δέξομαι: —passive (see. below[Refs (1.6).)]
I mostly of persons,
I.1 take or receive from another, οἵ οἱ σάκος ἐξεδέχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.710; Ὀρέστην ἐξεδεξάμην πατρί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 762)]; of a beacon-fire, τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶπος..ἐξεδέξατο [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 285)]; ἐ. τὴν αἰτίαν take it on oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.37.)]
I.2 of a successor, ἐ. τὴν βασιληΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, etc.: frequently with _accusative_ omitted, ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης (i.e. τὴν βασιληΐην) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] succeeded, [Refs ([prev. work]16, compare 103, +others)]; παῖς παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκδεκόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, [τὴν τέχνην], [Refs ([prev. author] 1.7,2.166)]; so ἐκδεξάμενοι (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [Refs ([prev. author] 7.211.)]
I.3 take up the argument, ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277b)]; ἐκδεξάμενος (i.e. τὸν λόγον) εἰπεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 189a; ὁ μὲν πρῶτος εἰπὼν..ὁ δ᾽ ἐκδεξάμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.21.)]
I.4 wait for, expect, κεῖνον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 123; ἐλέφαντας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.45.6; ἀλλήλους NT.1Cor.11.33)]; ἐ. μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας ἕως.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67)]; πότε.. Tryph. [prev. cited]: absolutely, wait, ἕως.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1673.8 (2nd c.AD).)]
I.5 take or understand in a certain sense, οὕτω δὴ τὴν ἀσωτίαν ἐκδεχόμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1120a3; τοὺς λόγους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.18.12; πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.56.)]
I.6 entertain, μεγαλοπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 33.7 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.7 to be surety for, τινά [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.349 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.43.9.)]
II of events, await, τοὺς Σκύθας.. ἐξεδέξατο οὐκ ἐλάσσων πόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.1)]; ἐ. [αὐτοὺς] περίοδος τῆς λίμνης μακρή [Refs ([prev. author] 1.185.)]
II.2 of contiguous countries, come next, ἀπὸ ταύτης (i.e. τῆς Περσικῆς) ἐ. Ἀσσυρίη [Refs ([prev. author] 4.39, compare 99, “Peripl.M. Rubr.” 27.)]
II.3 in Architecture texts, support, καμάραν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.26.)]
Ionic dialect ἐκδέκ-, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκδέχαται [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 197)]: future ἐκδερμᾰτ-δέξομαι: —passive (see. below[Refs (1.6).)]
I mostly of persons,
I.1 take or receive from another, οἵ οἱ σάκος ἐξεδέχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.710; Ὀρέστην ἐξεδεξάμην πατρί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 762)]; of a beacon-fire, τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶπος..ἐξεδέξατο [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 285)]; ἐ. τὴν αἰτίαν take it on oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.37.)]
I.2 of a successor, ἐ. τὴν βασιληΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, etc.: frequently with _accusative_ omitted, ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης (i.e. τὴν βασιληΐην) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] succeeded, [Refs ([prev. work]16, compare 103, +others)]; παῖς παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκδεκόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, [τὴν τέχνην], [Refs ([prev. author] 1.7,2.166)]; so ἐκδεξάμενοι (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [Refs ([prev. author] 7.211.)]
I.3 take up the argument, ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277b)]; ἐκδεξάμενος (i.e. τὸν λόγον) εἰπεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 189a; ὁ μὲν πρῶτος εἰπὼν..ὁ δ᾽ ἐκδεξάμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.21.)]
I.4 wait for, expect, κεῖνον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐ. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 123; ἐλέφαντας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.45.6; ἀλλήλους NT.1Cor.11.33)]; ἐ. μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας ἕως.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67)]; πότε.. Tryph. [prev. cited]: absolutely, wait, ἕως.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1673.8 (2nd c.AD).)]
I.5 take or understand in a certain sense, οὕτω δὴ τὴν ἀσωτίαν ἐκδεχόμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1120a3; τοὺς λόγους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.18.12; πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.56.)]
I.6 entertain, μεγαλοπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 33.7 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.7 to be surety for, τινά [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.349 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Gen.43.9.)]
II of events, await, τοὺς Σκύθας.. ἐξεδέξατο οὐκ ἐλάσσων πόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.1)]; ἐ. [αὐτοὺς] περίοδος τῆς λίμνης μακρή [Refs ([prev. author] 1.185.)]
II.2 of contiguous countries, come next, ἀπὸ ταύτης (i.e. τῆς Περσικῆς) ἐ. Ἀσσυρίη [Refs ([prev. author] 4.39, compare 99, “Peripl.M. Rubr.” 27.)]
II.3 in Architecture texts, support, καμάραν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.26.)]