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Lexicon :: Strong's G4327 - prosdechomai

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προσδέχομαι
Transliteration
prosdechomai (Key)
Pronunciation
pros-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: 2:57,146

Strong’s Definitions

προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai, pros-dekh'-om-ahee; from G4314 and G1209; to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience):—accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G4327 in the following manner: look for (4x), wait for (3x), receive (3x), waited for (with G2258) (1x), allow (1x), take (1x), accept (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G4327 in the following manner: look for (4x), wait for (3x), receive (3x), waited for (with G2258) (1x), allow (1x), take (1x), accept (1x).

  1. to receive to one's self, to admit, to give access to one's self

    1. to admit one, receive one into intercourse and companionship

    2. to receive one (coming from some place)

    3. to accept (not to reject) a thing offered

  2. to expect: the fulfilment of promises

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai, pros-dekh'-om-ahee; from G4314 and G1209; to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience):—accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.
STRONGS G4327:
προσδέχομαι; deponent middle; imperfect προσεδεχόμην; 1 aorist προσεδεξαμην;
1. as in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, "to receive to oneself, to admit, to give access to oneself': τινα, to admit one, receive into intercourse and companionship, τούς ἁμαρτωλούς, Luke 15:2; to receive one (coming from some place), Romans 16:2; Philippians 2:29 ( 1 Chronicles 12:18); τί, to accept (not to reject) a thing offered: οὐ προσδεξάμενοι, to reject, Hebrews 11:35; προσδέχονται ἐλπίδα, to admit (accept) hope, i. e. not to repudiate but to entertain, embrace, its substance, Acts 24:15 (others refer this to the next head ( R. V. text look for)); not to shun, to bear, an impending evil ( A. V. took the spoiling etc.), Hebrews 10:34.
2. as from Homer down, to expect ( A. V. look for, trait for): τινα, Luke 12:36; τί, Mark 15:43; Luke 2:25, 38; Luke 23:51; ( Acts 23:21); Titus 2:13; Jude 1:21; τάς ἐπαγγελίας, the fulfilment of the promises, Hebrews 11:13 Lachmann (Cf. δέχομαι, at the endl
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
12:18
Mark
15:43
Luke
2:25; 2:38; 12:36; 15:2; 23:51
Acts
23:21; 24:15
Romans
16:2
Philippians
2:29
Titus
2:13
Hebrews
10:34; 11:13; 11:35
Jude
1:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4327 matches the Greek προσδέχομαι (prosdechomai),
which occurs 33 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - (LXX 32:21) and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for peradventure he will accept [fn]me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - [fn]pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - (LXX 22:10) an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour's deposit; and so his master shall [fn]hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her sabbaths, when it is deserted through them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquities, because they neglected my judgments, and in their soul loathed my ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - (LXX 12:19) And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, thou and thy people, peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers, for thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, until the land should enjoy its sabbaths in resting and sabbath keeping all the days of its desolation, till the accomplishment of seventy years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mardochæus wrote to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - And Mardochæus established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, (LXX 2:9a) Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? (2:9b) for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, even thy sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; (2:9c) and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, (2:9d) and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: (2:9e) but say some word against the Lord, and die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 - And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:9 - (LXX 6:10) The Lord has hearkened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 - (LXX 54:9) I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - (LXX 103:11) They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 - Expect thou affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, and yet a little,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 - Jacob is [fn]my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call thee by thy name, and accept thee: but thou hast not known me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 - For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For upon my holy mountain, on the high mountain, saith the Lord, even the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve me for ever: and there will I accept you, and there will I have respect to your first-fruits, and the first-fruits of your offerings, in all your holy things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - I will accept you with a sweet-smelling savour, when I bring you out from the nations, and take you out of the countries wherein ye have been dispersed; and I will be sanctified among you in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - And many nations shall mourn over thee, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their own fall from the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - And it shall come to pass from the eighth day and onward, that the priests shall offer your whole-burnt-offerings on the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 - For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the Lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:22 - Wherefore if ye should bring me your whole-burnt-sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 - Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - For if ye bring a blind victim for sacrifices, is it not evil? and if ye bring the lame or the sick, is it not evil? offer it now to thy ruler, and see if he will receive thee, if he will accept thy person, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and one will not kindle the fire of mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - And ye said, These services are troublesome: therefore I have [fn]utterly rejected them with scorn, saith the Lord Almighty: and ye brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then ye should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? saith the Lord Almighty.
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