Strong G1561ἐκδοχή

expectation

Transliteration
ekdochē
Pronunciation
ek-dokh-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G1551; expectation: - looking for.

Detailed definition

ἐκ-δοχή ῆς, ἡ
(ἐκδέχομαι);
1. in cl.,
__(a) a receiving from, succession;
__(b) an interpretation.

2. In NT, = προσδοκία, expectation: Heb.10:27 (cf. Field, Notes, 231; Cremer, 688).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1561 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • looking1

First verses

  1. Hebrews 10:27
    But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δόξᾰ, ἡ,
(δοκέω, δέκομαι) expectation, οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ δόξης not otherwise than one expects, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.324, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.344; in Prose, παρὰ δόξαν ἢ ὡς κατεδόκεε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79, etc.)]; ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενος εὖχος hoping for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).63)]; δόξαν παρέχειν τινὶ μὴ ποιήσεσθαι.. to make one expect that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.21)]; δόξαν παρέχεσθαί τινι ὡς.., with participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216d)]; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. πεσέειν, = Latin spe excidere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.203.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], notion, opinion, judgement, whether well grounded or not, βροτῶν δόξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.30, compare 8.51; ψυχῆς εὐτλήμονι δόξῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 28 (_anapaest meter_); ἃ δόξῃ τοπάζω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 235; δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ [prev. author] “Tr.” 718)]; κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν, with or without δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472e, “Phlb.” 41b: opposed to ἐπιστήμη, [prev. author] “Tht.” 187bf, “R.” 506c, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “νόμος” 4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b36; φάσεις καὶ δ. [prev. author] “EN” 1143b13)]; opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534a)]; ἀληθεῖ δόξῃ δοξασταί capable of being subjects of true opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 202b; δ. ἀληθεῖς ἢ ψευδεῖς [prev. author] “Phlb.” 36c; δόξης ὀρθότης ἀλήθεια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b11; δ. ἐμποιεῖν περί τινος [prev. author] “Pol.” 1314b22)]; κύριαι δ. philosophical maxims, title of work by Epicurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.86 W., etc.; αἱ κοιναὶ δ.)]axioms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 996b28.)]
II.2 mere opinion, conjecture, δόξῃ ἐπίστασθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, imagine, suppose (wrongly), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.132, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.105; δόξης ἁμαρτία [prev. author] 1.32)]; δόξαι joined with φαντασίαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 254a29 (but distinguished from φαντασίαι, [prev. author] “de An.” 428a20))]; κατὰ δόξαν, opposed to κατ᾽ οὐσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 534c)]; ὡς δόξῃ χρώμενοι speaking by guess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.8, compare 13.8.)]
II.3 fancy, vision, δ. ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.82; δ. βριζούσης φρενός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 275; οὐκ εἰσὶ δόξαι τῶνδε πημάτων [prev. author] “Ch.” 1053, compare 1051)]; of a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 780; δ. ἐνυπνίου 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.23)]: plural, hallucinations, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 1.17.)]
III the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.4 ἀνθρώπων δόξαν ἔχειν ἀγαθήν, compare 34; δ. ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
III.2 mostly, good repute, honour, glory, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.11, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 373 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.64, etc.; δόξαν φύσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91)]; δόξαν σχεῖν τινός for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 157; ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ δ. εἰληφώς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.2; ἐπὶ καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ δ. ὁμολογουμένην πεποιημένος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 35.4.8; δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ᾑρημένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.15; δόξαν εἶχον ἄμαχοι εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 241b)]; δ. ἔχειν ὥς εἰσι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.17; δ. καταλιπεῖν [prev. author] 3.24: in _plural_, οἱ ἐν ταῖς μεγίσταις δόξαις ὄντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.51.)]
III.3 rarely of ill repute, [δ.] ἀντὶ καλῆς αἰσχρὰν τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.10; λαμβάνειν δ. φαύλην [prev. author] “Ep.” 3.5; κληρονομήσειν τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἀσεβείᾳ δ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.22.3.)]
III.4 popular repute or estimate, εἰσφέρων οὐκ ἀφ᾽ ὑπαρχούσης οὐσίας.. ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης ὧν ὁ πατήρ μοι κατέλιπεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.157.)]
IV of external appearance, glory, splendour, especially of the Shechinah, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.16.10, +others; δ. τοῦ φωτός NT.Act.22.11)]: generally, magnificence, πλοῦτον καὶ δ. [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.31.16, cf. NT.Matt.4.8, +others)]; especially of celestial beatitude, [NT (NT.2Cor.4.17: _plural_, NT.1Pet.1.11)]; also of illustrious persons, dignities, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν [NT (NT.2Pet.2.10; δ. βλασφημεῖν NT.Jude.8.)]