ἐκ-δέχομαι [in LXX for עֶרֶב, קָבַץ, etc. ;] 1. to take or receive from (Hom., Hdt., a1.). 2. (Rare in cl.), to expect, await: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.5:3, Heb.11:10, Jas.5:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:16, 1Co.11:33 16:11; before ἕως, Heb.10:13 (Cremer, 687).† (AS)
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G1551 — ἐκδέχομαι
ekdechomai · to wait for · Greek
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Acts 17:16 · ἐκδεχομένουand Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,1 Corinthians 11:33 · ἐκδέχεσθε·so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;1 Corinthians 16:11 · ἐκδέχομαιno one, then, may despise him; and send ye him forward in peace, that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brethren;Hebrews 10:13 · ἐκδεχόμενοςas to the rest, expecting till He may place his enemies as his footstool,Hebrews 11:10 · ἐξεδέχετοfor he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor is God.James 5:7 · ἐκδέχεταιBe patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain—early and latter;