for which see EXPECT, No. 1, is rendered "to wait" in Joh 5:3, AV; Act 17:16, 1Co 11:33, RV.
<2,,553, apekdechomai>
"to await or expect eagerly," is rendered "to wait for" in Rom 8:19, Rom 8:23, Rom 8:25, 1Co 1:7, Gal 5:5, Phi 3:20, RV (AV, "look for"); Heb 9:28, RV (AV, "look for"), here "them that wait" represents believers in general, not a section of them; 1Pe 3:20 (in the best texts; some have No. 1). See LOOK (for), Note (1).
<3,,4327, prosdechomai>
"to look for" with a view to favorable reception, is rendered "to wait for" in Mar 15:43, Luk 2:25, Luk 12:36, Luk 23:51. See LOOK (for), No. 2.
<4,,4328, prosdokao>
"to await," is rendered "to wait for" in Luk 1:21, Luk 8:40, Act 10:24; in Act 27:33, RV "ye wait" (AV, "have tarried"). See LOOK (for), No. 1.
<5,,362, anameno>
"to wait for" (ana, "up," used intensively, and meno, "to abide"), is used in 1Th 1:10, of "waiting" for the Son of God from heaven; the word carries with it the suggestion of "waiting" with patience and confident expectancy.
<6,,4037, perimeno>
"to await an event," is used in Act 1:4, of "waiting" for the Holy Spirit, "the promise of the Father." In the Sept., Gen 49:18.
<7,,4342, proskartereo>
to continue steadfastly, is rendered "to wait on," in Mar 3:9, Act 10:7. See CONTINUE, No. 9 (in the Sept., Num 13:21).
<8,,3917, paredreuo>
"to sit constantly beside" (para, "beside," hedra, "a seat"), is used in the best texts in 1Co 9:13, RV, "wait upon (AV, "at") (the altar)." In the Sept., Pro 1:21, Pro 8:3.
Notes: (1) In 2Th 3:5, AV, hupomone, "patience" (so RV), is rendered "patient waiting" (marg., "patience"). See PATIENCE. (2) For "lie in wait" in Eph 4:14, AV, see WILES. (3) For "lying in wait," Act 20:19, AV, and "laid wait," Act 20:3, Act 23:30, see PLOT.
