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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 BoxExo 10:17 - Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - an oath by the LORD shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor’s property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - But the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, O David,
and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews firmly obligated themselves and their offspring and all who joined them, that without fail they would keep these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - They waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 - so that his life loathes bread,
and his appetite the choicest food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:9 - The LORD has heard my plea;
the LORD accepts my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 - I would hurry to find a shelter
from the raging wind and tempest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - they give drink to every beast of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 - For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 - Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
I call you by your name,
I name you, though you do not know me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 - “For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered. And I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - And when they have completed these days, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 - As for my sacrificial offerings,
they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the LORD does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:22 - Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 - Will the LORD be pleased with[fn] thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:8 - When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - But you say, ‘What a weariness this is,’ and you snort at it, says the LORD of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the LORD.
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