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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 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 - Now while Sha'ul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:33 - Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:11 - Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in shalom, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:13 - from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:7 - Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the eretz, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noach, while the teivah was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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