Lexicon :: Strong's G1551 - ekdechomai

ἐκδέχομαι

Transliteration

ekdechomai (Key)

Pronunciation

ek-dekh'-om-ahee

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

From ἐκ (G1537) and δέχομαι (G1209)

Greek Inflections of ἐκδέχομαι [?]

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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to receive, accept
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).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G1551 matches the Greek ἐκδέχομαι (ekdechomai),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Jhn 5:3

Jhn 5:3 - In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for^G1551 the moving of the water.

Act 17:16

Act 17:16 - Now while Paul waited for^G1551 them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

1Co 11:33

1Co 11:33 - Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry^G1551 one for another.

1Co 16:11

1Co 16:11 - Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for^G1551 him with the brethren.

Heb 10:13

Heb 10:13 - From henceforth expecting^G1551 till his enemies be made his footstool.

Heb 11:10

Heb 11:10 - For he looked for^G1551 a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Jas 5:7

Jas 5:7 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth^G1551 for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

1Pe 3:20

1Pe 3:20 - Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited^G1551 in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.