Strong G4327προσδέχομαι
to wait for/welcome
- Transliteration
- prosdechomai
- Pronunciation
- pros-dekh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
προσ-δέχομαι
[in LXX chiefly for רָצָה;]
1. to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: with accusative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Rom.16:2, Php.2:29; with accusative of thing(s), Act.24:15 (R, mg.), Heb.10:34 11:35.
2. to expect, look for, wait for: with accusative of person(s), Luk.12:36; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.2:25, 38 23:51, Act.23:21, Tit.2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רָצָה;]
1. to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: with accusative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Rom.16:2, Php.2:29; with accusative of thing(s), Act.24:15 (R, mg.), Heb.10:34 11:35.
2. to expect, look for, wait for: with accusative of person(s), Luk.12:36; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.2:25, 38 23:51, Act.23:21, Tit.2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4327 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- look4
- wait4
- receive2
- accept1
- allow1
- receiveth1
- take1
First verses
- Mark 15:43Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
- Luke 2:25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
- Luke 2:38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
- Luke 12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
- Luke 15:2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
- Luke 23:51(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Romans 16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
- Philippians 2:29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
- Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- Hebrews 10:34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
- Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
- Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
προσδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect προσδέκομαι: used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in Epic dialect present participle ποτιδέγμενος (see. below [Refs (111))]: aorist 1 προσεδέχθην[Refs 4th c.BC+ (in _passive_ sense, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 956b25, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.33.9, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.70)]:— receive favourably, accept, τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.48, compare “SIG” 557.11 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 3rd c.BC), etc.)]; π. συμμαχίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.2)]; τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.16.8, 1.17.1; also π. ἑκάστους ἐπὶ.. ὁμολογίαις [prev. author] 3.18.7)]; receive hospitably, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1428, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1706; ζῶνθ᾽ Ἡρακλῆ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 233.)]
II admit, ἐς τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.12)]; admit into one's presence, of a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.37, “HG” 1.5.9)]; of a demos receiving foreign emissaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 561.7 (Chalcis, found at 5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 admit to citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.59)]; so ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξετα; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 656; τοὺς οἰκέτας π. εἰς τὸ πολίτευμα “IG” 9(2).517.32 (Epist. Philippi, Larissa, 3rd c.BC))]; π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 7333.40 (Alexandria, 2nd c.AD))]; ὁ προσδεχθησόμενος εἰς τὴν στιβάδα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1368.52; ὅταν τις.. προσδεχθῇ εἴς τι τῶν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἀθλημάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus [prev. cited])]
II.3 of the female, ἡ ἵππος π. τὸν ὄνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HA” 577b15, compare 575b17, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121)].έ.
II.4 admit an argument, π. τὸ ψεῦδος, λόγον ἀληθῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485c, 561b, compare “SIG” 685.130 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]; π. πρόφασιν accept an excuse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.82 (2nd c.BC).)]
II.5 admit, be capable of, μήτε γένεσιν μήτε ὄλεθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 15b; φθοράν [prev. author] “Ti.” 52a.)]
II.6 undertake, προσδέχεσθαι μάλα χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 69)]; take a liability upon oneself, guarantee, τὸ ἀνάλωμα [Refs (“IG” 5(1).501, 555b, +others (from Sparta))]; credit a sum to a person or an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.58 (3rd c.BC), “PSI” 4.372.9 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 306.11, 355.69, +others (3rd c.BC), “Ostr.” 1089 (2nd c.BC), “Ostr.Bodl.” i 256 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
III await, expect, the only sense in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, in _Epic dialect_)]participle ποτιδέγμενος waiting for or expecting, δῶρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.186)]; σὴν ὁρμήν[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 403; σὸν μῦθον 7.161; ἡμέας 9.545; λαῶν ὀτρυντύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.234; ἀγγελίην [prev. work] 336)]; so later, προσδεκομένους τοιοῦτον οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 15, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 131 (Lyric poetry), etc.; παρὰ ἃ προσεδέχετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19)]; τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδεχομένῳ ἦν τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων was according to his expectation, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.46)]; π. τινός τι expect anything from anybody, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 10)]: with accusative et infinitive future, οὐδὲν πάντως προσεδέκοντο.. τὸν στόλον ὁρμήσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.34, compare 6.100, 7.156, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9; πολεμίους παρέσεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.22)]: with participle future, τοῦτον π. ἐπαναστησόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89)]; πανταχόθεν π. τοὺς πολεμίους await them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.69.6, etc.)]
III.2 wait, ἥατ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.137, compare 9.628, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.205, etc.; π. ὁππότ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔλθοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.415)]; π. εἰ with optative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.91.)]
Ionic dialect προσδέκομαι: used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in Epic dialect present participle ποτιδέγμενος (see. below [Refs (111))]: aorist 1 προσεδέχθην[Refs 4th c.BC+ (in _passive_ sense, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 956b25, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.33.9, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.70)]:— receive favourably, accept, τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.48, compare “SIG” 557.11 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 3rd c.BC), etc.)]; π. συμμαχίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.2)]; τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.16.8, 1.17.1; also π. ἑκάστους ἐπὶ.. ὁμολογίαις [prev. author] 3.18.7)]; receive hospitably, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1428, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1706; ζῶνθ᾽ Ἡρακλῆ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 233.)]
II admit, ἐς τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.12)]; admit into one's presence, of a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.37, “HG” 1.5.9)]; of a demos receiving foreign emissaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 561.7 (Chalcis, found at 5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 3rd c.BC).)]
II.2 admit to citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.59)]; so ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξετα; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 656; τοὺς οἰκέτας π. εἰς τὸ πολίτευμα “IG” 9(2).517.32 (Epist. Philippi, Larissa, 3rd c.BC))]; π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 7333.40 (Alexandria, 2nd c.AD))]; ὁ προσδεχθησόμενος εἰς τὴν στιβάδα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1368.52; ὅταν τις.. προσδεχθῇ εἴς τι τῶν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἀθλημάτων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus [prev. cited])]
II.3 of the female, ἡ ἵππος π. τὸν ὄνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HA” 577b15, compare 575b17, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121)].έ.
II.4 admit an argument, π. τὸ ψεῦδος, λόγον ἀληθῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 485c, 561b, compare “SIG” 685.130 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC))]; π. πρόφασιν accept an excuse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.82 (2nd c.BC).)]
II.5 admit, be capable of, μήτε γένεσιν μήτε ὄλεθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 15b; φθοράν [prev. author] “Ti.” 52a.)]
II.6 undertake, προσδέχεσθαι μάλα χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 69)]; take a liability upon oneself, guarantee, τὸ ἀνάλωμα [Refs (“IG” 5(1).501, 555b, +others (from Sparta))]; credit a sum to a person or an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.58 (3rd c.BC), “PSI” 4.372.9 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 306.11, 355.69, +others (3rd c.BC), “Ostr.” 1089 (2nd c.BC), “Ostr.Bodl.” i 256 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
III await, expect, the only sense in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, in _Epic dialect_)]participle ποτιδέγμενος waiting for or expecting, δῶρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.186)]; σὴν ὁρμήν[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 403; σὸν μῦθον 7.161; ἡμέας 9.545; λαῶν ὀτρυντύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.234; ἀγγελίην [prev. work] 336)]; so later, προσδεκομένους τοιοῦτον οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 15, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 131 (Lyric poetry), etc.; παρὰ ἃ προσεδέχετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19)]; τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδεχομένῳ ἦν τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων was according to his expectation, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.46)]; π. τινός τι expect anything from anybody, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 10)]: with accusative et infinitive future, οὐδὲν πάντως προσεδέκοντο.. τὸν στόλον ὁρμήσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.34, compare 6.100, 7.156, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9; πολεμίους παρέσεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.22)]: with participle future, τοῦτον π. ἐπαναστησόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89)]; πανταχόθεν π. τοὺς πολεμίους await them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.69.6, etc.)]
III.2 wait, ἥατ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.137, compare 9.628, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.205, etc.; π. ὁππότ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔλθοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.415)]; π. εἰ with optative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.91.)]