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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g1551 Greek: ekdechomai

Wait:

for which see EXPECT, No. 1, is rendered "to wait" in Jhn 5:3, AV; Act 17:16; 1Cr 11:33, RV.

2 Strong's Number: g553 Greek: apekdechomai

Wait:

"to await or expect eagerly," is rendered "to wait for" in Rom 8:19, 23, 25; 1Cr 1:7; Gal 5:5; Phl 3:20, RV (AV, "look for"); Hbr 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 Strong's Number: g4327 Greek: prosdechomai

Wait:

"to look for" with a view to favorable reception, is rendered "to wait for" in Mar 15:43; Luk 2:25; 12:36; 23:51.
See LOOK (for), No. 2.

4 Strong's Number: g4328 Greek: prosdokao

Wait:

"to await," is rendered "to wait for" in Luk 1:21; 8:40; Act 10:24; in Act 27:33, RV "ye wait" (AV, "have tarried").
See LOOK (for), No. 1.

5 Strong's Number: g362 Greek: anameno

Wait:

"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 Strong's Number: g4037 Greek: perimeno

Wait:

"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 Strong's Number: g4342 Greek: proskartereo

Wait:

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 Strong's Number: g3917 Greek: paredreuo

Wait:

"to sit constantly beside" (para, "beside," hedra, "a seat"), is used in the best texts in 1Cr 9:13, RV, "wait upon (AV, "at") (the altar)." In the Sept., Pro 1:21; 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; 23:30, see PLOT.

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