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Lexicon :: Strong's G1551 - ekdechomai

Aa
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.]
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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 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:16 - Now G1161 while Paul G3972 was waiting G1551 for them at Athens, G116 his spirit G4151 was being provoked G3947 within G1722 him as he was observing G2334 the city G4172 full G2712 of idols. G2712

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:33 - So G5620 then, G5620 my brethren, G80 when you come G4905 together G4905 to eat, G2068 wait G1551 for one G240 another. G240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:11 - So G2443 let no G3361 one G5100 despise G1848 him. But send G4311 him on his way G4311 in peace, G1515 so G2443 that he may come G2064 to me; for I expect G1551 him with the brethren. G80

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:13 - waiting G1551 from that time G3062 onward G3062 UNTIL G2193 HIS ENEMIES G2190 BE MADE G5087 A FOOTSTOOL G5286 FOR HIS FEET G4228.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - for he was looking G1551 for the city G4172 which G3739 has G2192 foundations, G2310 whose G3739 architect G5079 and builder G1217 is God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:7 - Therefore G3767 be patient, G3114 brethren, G80 until G2193 the coming G3952 of the Lord. G2962 The farmer G1092 waits G1551 for the precious G5093 produce G2590 of the soil, G1093 being patient G3114 about G1909 it, until G2193 [fn]it gets G2983 the early G4406 and late G3797 rains.
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