Quick Definition
ἐκδοχή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a waiting for, expectation
Strong's Definition
from 1551; expectation
KJV Usage: looking foreign
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | δέχομαι
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.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-δοχή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ἐκδέχομαι), the act or manner of receiving from; hence in prof. auth. 1. reception. 2. succession. 3. [ἃ taking in a certain sense, i. 6.7 interpretation. 4. once in the sacred writings, expectation, awaiting, [cf. ἐκδέχομαι, 2]: Heb. x. 27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκδοχή ekdochē 1x
a looking for, expectation, Heb. 10:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐκ-δοχή -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐκδέχομαι);
in cl.,
a receiving from, succession;
an interpretation.
In NT, = προσδοκία, expectation: He 10:27 (cf. Field, Notes, 231; Cremer, 688).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔκδοχή is used = ‘‘ interpretation”? in P Par 6388 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 24) παιδαριώδη τὴν τοῦ προστάγματος éySoκὴν ποιησαμένους, ‘after having made the interpretation of the decree puerile,” Sy// 25618 (c. B.C. 200) τὴν ἐκδοχὴν τοῦ χρησμοῦ ταύτην λαβόντες. We have no light to throw upon the use of ἐ. = προσδοκία in Heb 107, the only place where it occurs in the NT, but see s.v. ἐκδέχομαι and cf. Field Notes, p. 231. For the title ἐκδοχεύς see OG/S 1408 with the editor’s note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκδοχή (ekdochē) — expectation. δόξᾰ, ἡ, (δοκέω, δέκομαι) expectation, οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ δόξης not otherwise than one expects, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενος εὖχος hoping for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξαν παρέχειν τινὶ μὴ ποιήσεσθαι.. to make one expect that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξαν παρέχεσθαί τινι ὡς.., with participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. πεσέειν, = Latin spe excidere, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. after [Refs 8th c.BC+], notion, opinion, judgement, whether well grounded or not, βροτῶν δόξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν, with or without δόξαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀληθεῖ δόξῃ δοξασταί capable of being subjects of true opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύριαι δ. philosophical maxims, title of work by Epicurus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]axioms, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. mere opinion, conjecture, δόξῃ ἐπίστασθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, imagine, suppose (wrongly), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξαι joined with φαντασίαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ δόξαν, opposed to κατ᾽ οὐσίαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς δόξῃ χρώμενοι speaking by guess, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. fancy, vision, δ. ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, hallucinations, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
III. the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute, first in [Refs 6th c.BC+]
III.2. mostly, good repute, honour, glory, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; δόξαν σχεῖν τινός for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἔχειν ὥς εἰσι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. rarely of ill repute, [δ.] ἀντὶ καλῆς αἰσχρὰν τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.4. popular repute or estimate, εἰσφέρων οὐκ ἀφ᾽ ὑπαρχούσης οὐσίας.. ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης ὧν ὁ πατήρ μοι κατέλιπεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. of external appearance, glory, splendour, especially of the Shechinah, [LXX+NT]: generally, magnificence, πλοῦτον καὶ δ. [LXX+NT]; especially of celestial beatitude, [NT]; also of illustrious persons, dignities, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν [NT]