Strong G4329προσδοκία
expectation
- Transliteration
- prosdokia
- Pronunciation
- pros-dok-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4328; apprehension (of evil); by implication infliction anticipated: - expectation looking after.
Detailed definition
προσδοκία, -ας, ἡ
(ιροσδοκάω), [in LXX: Gen.49:10 (יִקָּהָה), Psa.119:116 (שֵׂבֶר) Wis.17:13, Sir.40:2, al.;]
expectation: with genitive obj., Luk.21:26; with genitive subjc., Act.12:11.†
(AS)
(ιροσδοκάω), [in LXX: Gen.49:10 (יִקָּהָה), Psa.119:116 (שֵׂבֶר) Wis.17:13, Sir.40:2, al.;]
expectation: with genitive obj., Luk.21:26; with genitive subjc., Act.12:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4329 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- expectation1
- look1
First verses
- Luke 21:26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
- Acts 12:11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προσδοκ-ία, ἡ,
looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear,
1 with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 198b, “Ti.” 70c; π. τοῦ μέλλοντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 669a21; τὸν φόβον ὁρίζονται π. κακοῦ [prev. author] “EN” 1115a9)]: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.19 (_plural_))]; τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.281; π. μεγάλην ἔχειν ὡς εὖ ἐροῦντος ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194a)]; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e. the fulfilment of the expectations raised, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.178.)]
2 absolutely, τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.24)]; αἱ ἔσχαται π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.78.)]
3 followed by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (i.e. ἦν) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.93; π. οὔσης μή τι νεωτερίσωσιν [prev. author] 5.14; προσδοκίαν παρέχειν ὡς.. [prev. author] 7.12; π. ἐμποιεῖν ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.6.)]
4 with Preps., πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to expectation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.63)]; κατὰ τὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264b)]; opposed to παρὰ προσδοκίαν, which is used of a kind of joke frequently in Comedy texts, e.g. ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ—χίμεθλα (where πέδιλα was expected), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 152, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 34, Tiberius Rhetor “de Figuris - Rhet.” 16: generally, τὸ παρὰ π. ἐξαπίναιον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.19.)]
looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear,
1 with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 198b, “Ti.” 70c; π. τοῦ μέλλοντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 669a21; τὸν φόβον ὁρίζονται π. κακοῦ [prev. author] “EN” 1115a9)]: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.19 (_plural_))]; τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.281; π. μεγάλην ἔχειν ὡς εὖ ἐροῦντος ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194a)]; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e. the fulfilment of the expectations raised, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.178.)]
2 absolutely, τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.24)]; αἱ ἔσχαται π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.78.)]
3 followed by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (i.e. ἦν) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.93; π. οὔσης μή τι νεωτερίσωσιν [prev. author] 5.14; προσδοκίαν παρέχειν ὡς.. [prev. author] 7.12; π. ἐμποιεῖν ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.6.)]
4 with Preps., πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to expectation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.63)]; κατὰ τὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264b)]; opposed to παρὰ προσδοκίαν, which is used of a kind of joke frequently in Comedy texts, e.g. ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ—χίμεθλα (where πέδιλα was expected), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 152, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 34, Tiberius Rhetor “de Figuris - Rhet.” 16: generally, τὸ παρὰ π. ἐξαπίναιον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.19.)]