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Lexicon :: Strong's G1551 - ekdechomai

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ἐκδέχομαι
Transliteration
ekdechomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dekh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:56,146

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκδέχομαι ekdéchomai, ek-dekh'-om-ahee; from G1537 and G1209; to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await:—expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G1551 in the following manner: wait for (3x), look for (2x), tarry for (1x), expect (1x), wait (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G1551 in the following manner: wait for (3x), look for (2x), tarry for (1x), expect (1x), wait (1x).

  1. to receive, accept

  2. to look for, expect, wait for, await

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκδέχομαι ekdéchomai, ek-dekh'-om-ahee; from G1537 and G1209; to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await:—expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for).
STRONGS G1551:
ἐκδέχομαι; imperfect ἐξεδεχόμην; (ἐκ from some person or quarter);
1. to receive, accept ([Homer], Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).
2. to look for, expect, wait for, await: τί, John 5:3 R L; Hebrews 11:10; James 5:7; τινά, Acts 17:16; 1 Corinthians 16:11; ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, namely, until each shall have received his food, 1 Corinthians 11:33, cf. 1 Corinthians 11:21; followed by ἕως etc. Hebrews 10:13; [absolutely, 1 Peter 3:20 Rec., but see Tdfs note at the passage]. Rarely with this meaning in secular authors, as Sophocles Phil. 123; Apollodorus 1, 9, 27 § 3; ἕως ἂν γένηταί τι, Dionysius Halicarnassus 6, 67. [Compare: ἀπεκδέχομαι. Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
5:3
Acts
17:16
1 Corinthians
11:21; 11:33; 16:11
Hebrews
10:13; 11:10
James
5:7
1 Peter
3:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1551 matches the Greek ἐκδέχομαι (ekdechomai),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 - Da aber Paulus ihrer zu Athen wartete, ergrimmte sein Geist in ihm, da er sah die Stadt so gar abgöttisch.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:33 - Darum, meine lieben Brüder, wenn ihr zusammenkommt, zu essen, so harre einer des andern.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:11 - Daß ihn nun nicht jemand verachte! Geleitet ihn aber im Frieden, daß er zu mir komme; denn ich warte sein mit den Brüdern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:13 - und wartet hinfort, bis daß seine Feinde zum Schemel seiner Füße gelegt werden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - denn er wartete auf eine Stadt, die einen Grund hat, der Baumeister und Schöpfer Gott ist.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:7 - So seid nun geduldig, liebe Brüder, bis auf die Zukunft des HERRN. Siehe, ein Ackermann wartet auf die köstliche Frucht der Erde und ist geduldig darüber, bis er empfange den Frühregen und den Spätregen.
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