Quick Definition
I wait for, expect
Strong's Definition
to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G1209 (δέχομαι);
KJV Usage: expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκδέχομαι; imperfect ἐξεδεχομην; (ἐκ from some person or quarter);
1. to receive, accept ((Homer), Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).
2. to look for, expect, wait for, await: τί, Joh_5:3 R L; Heb_11:10; Jas_5:7; τινα, Act_17:16; 1Co_16:11; ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, namely, until each shall have received his food, 1Co_11:33, cf. 1Co_11:21; followed by ἕως etc. Heb_10:13; (absolutely, 1Pe_3:20 Rec., but see Tdf.s note at the passage). Rarely with this meaning in secular authors, as Sophocles Phil. 123; Apollod. 1, 9, 27 § 3; ἕως ἄν γένηται τί, Dionysius Halicarnassus 6, 67. (Compare: ἀπεκδέχομαι. Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκδέχομαι ekdechomai 6x
pr. to receive from another;
to expect, look for, Act_17:16 ;
to wait for, to wait, 1Co_11:33 ; 1Co_16:11 ; Heb_11:10 ; Heb_10:13 ; Jas_5:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ -δέχομαι ,
[in LXX for H6153 , H6908 , etc.;]
1. to take or receive from ( Hom ., Hdt ., a1.).
2. (Rare in cl .), to expect, await: c . acc rei , Joh_5:3 , Heb_11:10 , Jas_5:7 ; c . acc pers ., Act_17:16 , 1Co_11:33 ; 1Co_16:11 ; seq . ἕως , Heb_10:13 ( Cremer , 687).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκδέχομαι [page 192]
For the primary meaning receive cf. P Lille I. 16 .7 (iii/B.C.) ἀξιοῖ δὲ γράψαι αὐτῶι Κόμωνα ἐγδεχόμενον τὰς μ̄ (δραχμάς ), P Tebt I. 33 .7 (B.C. 112) (= Selections , p. 30) μεγαλουπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθήτωι , let him be received with the utmost magnificence, BGU IV. 1024 iv. 16 (iv/v A.D.) ἐκδέξι το [ίνυν ] τὴην ( l. τὴν ) ἕως κεφ [αλῆ ]ς τ [ι ]μωρίαν . In P Par 63 .26 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 21) τῶν πρὸς ταῖς̣ πραγματείαις οὐ κατὰ τὸ βέλτιστον ἐγδεχομένων τὸν τοῦ περὶ τῆς γεωργίας προστάγματος νοῦν , Mahaffy translates because the officials do not put the best interpretation on the meaning of the decree concerning agriculture, and in P Petr III. 64 ( b ) .6 ἃς ἐξεδέξατο Ἡράκλειτ [ος . . . . he renders which (drachmas) Heracleitus undertook to pay (?) : cf. Gen_43:9 where Conybeare and Stock ( LXX Selections , p. 132) propose the rendering I undertake him. In P Alex 4 .11 (iii/B.C.) ἐγδέδεκται γὰρ Στοτοῆτις ἔχειν σε εἰς τὴν διαλογήν . . . Witkowski ( Epp .2 , p. 52) regards ἐκδέχομαι as = comperio. The derived sense of wait for, expect, as in Jas_5:7 , is well illustrated by P Flor III. 332 .5 (ii/A.D.) οὐ λανθάνει σε ὅτι δίμηνος σήμερον ἐστάλην τὸν ἄτακτον Λισκᾶν μὴ ἐκδεχόμενόν σου τὴν παρουσίαν : cf. P Oxy IV. 724 .12 (A.D. 155) ἐὰν δὲ ἐντὸς τοῦ χ [ρ ]όνου αὐτὸν ἀπαρτίσῃς οὐκ ἐκδέξομαι τὴν προκειμένην προθεσμ [ί ]αν , if you make him perfect within the period, I will not wait for the aforesaid limit (Edd.), with reference to a contract of apprenticeship, BGU III. 892 .6 (iii/A.D.) προσ [έ ]δρευσα ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχό [μ ]ενός σε , P Oxy VI. 939 .27 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 130) παραμυθούμ [ε ]θ̣α̣ δὲ αὐτὴν ἑκάστης ὥρας ἐκδεχόμενοι τὴν [σ ]ὴν ἄφιξιν . See also Moulton Gr. ii. § 119 ( a ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκδέχομαι ionic ἐκδέκ- fut. -δέξομαι Dep.: mostly of persons, "to take or receive from" another, τί τινι Il. , Aesch. "to take up", of a successor, τὴν ἀρχὴν παρά τινος Hdt. , etc.; often also with the acc. omitted, ἐξεδέξατο Σαδυάττης (sc. τὴν βασιληΐην) he "succeeded", id=Hdt. "to take up the argument", ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐκδ. τὸν λόγον Plat. "to wait for, expect", Soph. of events, "to await", Lat. excipere, Hdt. of contiguous countries, "to come next", id=Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Waiting (1551) ekdechomai
Waiting (1551) (ekdechomai from ek = from + dechomai [word study] = receive kindly, accept deliberately and readily) (see related verb prosdechomai) means literally to receive or accept from some source. The preposition ek in this compound may have a perfective idea indicating that one is read and prepared to deal with the situation when it arrives. It means to remain in a place or state and await an event or the arrival of someone. The idea is to look or tarry for, to watch for, expect, be about to receive from any quarter. In regard to of future events it means to wait for them expecting them to happen.
Ekdechomai is used 8 times in the Septuagint (LXX) (Ge 43:9; 44:32; Ps. 119:122; Is 57:1; Ho 8:7; 9:6; Mic. 2:12; Nah. 3:18) and 7 times in the NT...
John 5:3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters;
Acts 17:16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was beholding the city full of idols.
1 Corinthians 11:33 So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
1 Corinthians 16:11 Let no one therefore despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren.
Hebrews 10:13 waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet.
Hebrews 11:10 for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
James 5:7 Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
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