Quick Definition
ἐκδέχομαι v. I wait for, expect
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 1209; to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await
KJV Usage: expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δέχομαι
85.60 · Existence in Space · Remain, Stay
to await, to wait for to remain in a place and/or state, with expectancy concerning a future event This meaning is also found as a variant reading: ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν ‘waiting for the movement of the water’ JHN 5:3 (apparatus).
JHN 5:3 · ACT 17:16 · 1CO 11:33 · 1CO 16:11 · HEB 11:10 · JAS 5:7
30.53 · Think · To Think Concerning Future Contingencies
to expect, expectation to expect something to happen, often implying waiting The closest equivalent of ‘to expect’ is usually ‘to think that it will happen that.’
13.28 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to remain until, to wait until to continue to remain in a state until an expected event
1 There are probably certain subtle distinctions of meaning in this set. The terms containing the stem μεν- probably focus more upon location, while with the stem δεχ- the focus may be more upon anticipation, but there is no consistent patterning on the basis of this type of distinction.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-δέχομαι ; impf. efedexounv; (ἐκ from some person or quarter) ; 1. to receive, accept, ([Hom.], Aeschyl., Hadt., sqq-). 2. to look for, expect, wait for, await: τί, Jn. ν. 8 RL; Heb. xi. 10; Jas. v.7; τινά, Acts xvii. 16; 1 Co. xvi. 11; ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, 56. until each shall have received his food, 1 Co. xi. 33, cf. 21; foll. by ἕως etc. Heb. x. 13; [absol. 1 Pet. iii. 20 Ree., but see Tdf.’s note ad loc.]. Rarely with this meaning in prof. auth., as Soph. Phil. 123; Apollod. 1,9, 27§ 8; ἕως ἂν γένηταί τι, Dion. Hal. 6,67. [Comp.: ἀπ-εκδέχομαι. Cf. δέχομαι, fin. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκδέχομαι ekdechomai 6x
pr. to receive from another; to expect, look for, Acts 17:16; to wait for, to wait, 1 Cor. 11:33; 16:11; Heb. 11:10; 10:13; Jas. 5:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-δέχομαι
[in LXX for עֶרֶב, קָבַץ, etc. ;]
to take or receive from (Hom., Hdt., a1.).
(Rare in cl.), to expect, await: c. acc rei, Jo 5:3, He 11:10, Ja 5:7; c. acc pers., Ac 17:16, I Co 11:33 16:11; seq. ἕως, He 10:13 (Cremer, 687).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκδέχομαι (ekdechomai) — to wait for. ἐκδέχομαι, Ionic dialect ἐκδέκ-, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκδέχαται [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: future ἐκδερμᾰτ-δέξομαι: —passive (see. below[Refs]
I. mostly of persons,
I.1. take or receive from another, οἵ οἱ σάκος ἐξεδέχοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a beacon-fire, τρίτον Ἀθῷον αἶπος..ἐξεδέξατο [Refs]; ἐ. τὴν αἰτίαν take it on oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2. of a successor, ἐ. τὴν βασιληΐην [Refs 5th c.BC+] succeeded, [Refs]; παῖς παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκδεκόμενος τὴν ἀρχήν, [τὴν τέχνην], [Refs]; so ἐκδεξάμενοι (i.e. τὴν μάχην) [Refs]
I.3. take up the argument, ὥσπερ σφαῖραν ἐ. τὸν λόγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκδεξάμενος (i.e. τὸν λόγον) εἰπεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.4. wait for, expect, κεῖνον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐ. [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας ἕως.. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; πότε.. Tryph. [prev. cited]: absolutely, wait, ἕως.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.5. take or understand in a certain sense, οὕτω δὴ τὴν ἀσωτίαν ἐκδεχόμεθα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.6. entertain, μεγαλοπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.7. to be surety for, τινά [LXX+3rd c.BC+]
II. of events, await, τοὺς Σκύθας.. ἐξεδέξατο οὐκ ἐλάσσων πόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. [αὐτοὺς] περίοδος τῆς λίμνης μακρή [Refs]
II.2. of contiguous countries, come next, ἀπὸ ταύτης (i.e. τῆς Περσικῆς) ἐ. Ἀσσυρίη [Refs]
II.3. in Architecture texts, support, καμάραν [Refs 1st c.BC+]