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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
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - “So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - an oath before the LORD shall be [fn]taken by the two of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid a hand on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not be compelled to make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - They received from Moses every [fn]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform [fn]the work [fn]in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him [fn]voluntary offerings every morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land will be abandoned by them, and will restore its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their wrongdoing, [fn]because they rejected My ordinances and their soul loathed My statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has come out against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit [fn]covered Amasai like clothing, the chief of the thirty; and he said,

“We are yours, David,

And are with you, son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

And peace to him who helps you;

Indeed, your God helps you!”

Then David received them and made them [fn]captains of the 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 of its desolation it kept the Sabbath [fn]until seventy years were complete.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 -

So the Jews undertook 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 established and [fn]made a custom for themselves, their [fn]descendants, and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that [fn]they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their [fn]regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 -

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm 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 opened their mouths as for the late rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 -

So that his life loathes bread,

And his soul, food [fn]that he should crave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:9 -

The LORD has heard my pleading,

The LORD receives my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 -

“I would hurry to my place of refuge

From the stormy wind and heavy gale.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They give drink to every animal 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 [fn]needy are bad,

But a [fn]cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 -

“For He says,

‘[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 -

“Behold, My Servant, whom I [fn]uphold;

My chosen one in whom My soul delights.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the [fn]nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 -

“For the sake of Jacob My servant,

And Israel My chosen one,

I have also called you by your name;

I have given you a title of honor

Though you have not known Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 -

“For you will go out with joy

And be led in peace;

The mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you,

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - “[fn]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will show Myself to be holy among you in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - “And I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble again and again, every person for his own life, on the day of your fall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - ‘When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall [fn]offer your burnt offerings on the altar, 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 gifts,

They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,

But the LORD has taken no delight in them.

Now He will remember their guilt,

And punish them for their sins;

They will return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:22 -

“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,

I will not accept them;

And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 -

Does the LORD take pleasure in thousands of rams,

In ten thousand rivers of [fn]oil?

Shall I give Him my firstborn for my wrongdoings,

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 - “And when you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not evil? Or when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not evil? So offer it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you, or would he receive you kindly?” says the LORD of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:10 - “If only there were one among you who would shut the [fn]gates, so that you would not kindle fire on My altar for nothing! I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of armies, “nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:13 - “You also say, ‘See, [fn]how tiresome it is!’ And you view it as trivial,” says the LORD of armies, “and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I accept it from your hand?” says the LORD.
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