G1551: ἐκδέχομαι
ekdéchomai · “to wait for”
Definition
to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await
KJV translates it as: expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for)
Extended definition
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1551 is translated
- waiting for ×1
- is waiting for ×1
- do wait for; ×1
- i am expecting ×1
- awaiting ×1
- he was awaiting ×1
- awaits ×1
Bible verses with G1551 (ekdéchomai)
Ekdéchomai appears in 7 verses.
- John 5:3
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
- Acts 17:16
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- 1 Corinthians 11:33
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
- 1 Corinthians 16:11
Let 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 10:13
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
- Hebrews 11:10
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- James 5:7
Be 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.