ἐκδέχομαι
Transliteration
ekdechomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-dekh'-om-ahee
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐκ (G1537) and δέχομαι (G1209)
mGNT
6x in 6 unique form(s) TR
8x in 7 unique form(s) LXX
9x in 7 unique form(s)
ἐκδέχεσθε — 1x
ἐκδέχεται — 1x
ἐκδέχομαι — 1x
ἐκδεχόμενος — 1x
ἐκδεχομένου — 1x
ἐκδεχομένων — 1x
ἐξεδέχετο — 2x
ἐκδέχεσθε — 1x
ἐκδέχεται — 1x
ἐκδέχομαι — 1x
ἐκδεχόμενος — 1x
ἐκδεχομένου — 1x
ἐξεδέχετο — 1x
ἐκδέδεκται — 1x
ἔκδεξαι — 1x
ἐκδέξεται — 2x
ἐκδέξομαι — 1x
ἐκδέχεται — 1x
ἐκδέχομαι — 1x
ἐκδεχόμενος — 2x
Dictionary Aids

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.]
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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
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