Quick Definition
προσδοκία, ας, ἡ n.f. expectation, waiting
Strong's Definition
apprehension (of evil); by implication, infliction anticipated
Derivation: from G4328 (προσδοκάω);
KJV Usage: expectation, looking after
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσδοκία, -as, 7, (προσδοκάω). fr. Thue. and Xen. down, expectation (whether of good or of evil): joined to φόβος (Plut. Ant. 75; Demetr. 15) with a gen. of the object added [W. § 50, 7 b.], Lk. xxi. 26; τοῦ λαοῦ (gen. of subject), the expectation of the people respecting Peter’s execution, Acts xii. 11.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσδοκία prosdokia 2x
a looking for, expectation, anticipation, Lk. 21:26; meton. expectation, what is expected or anticipated, Acts 12:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
προσδοκία, -ας, ἡ
(< προσδοκάω), [in LXX: Ge 49:10 (יִקְהָה), Ps 118 (119):116 (שֵׂבֶר), Wi 17:13, Si 40:2, al.;]
expectation: c. gen. obj., Lk 21:26; c. gen. subjc., Ac 12:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προσδοκία, “expectation ’’: P Tebt I. 24} (B.c. 117) οὐκ ὀλίγω[ν] ἐν προσδοκίαι ὄντων, ‘there was a general expectation ” (Edd.). A report from the Jewish War in the time of Trajan, Chrest. I. 161, begins with the statement that the last hope against the unholy Jews lay in the rising of the villagers—pta ἣν ἐλπὶς kal λοιπὴ προσδοκία ἡ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ νομοῦ ἡμῶν ἀθρώων κωμ[η]τῶν [πρὸ]ς τοὺς ἀνοσίους ᾿Ιο[υδαί]ους [. .]. μη. The same document shows the adj. προσδόκιμος. In a deed of divorce, P Flor I. 9318 (a.p. 569), the couple announce that mapa προσδοκίαν, ‘contrary to expectation,’’ their married life had suffered ἐκ σκαιοῦ πονηροῦ δαίμονος, ‘‘at the hands of a mischievous evil demon.” In Preisigke 2011 ἸΤροσδοκία occurs as a proper name. , προσεέαω
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προσδοκία (prosdokia) — expectation. προσδοκ-ία, ἡ, looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear,
1. with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e. the fulfilment of the expectations raised, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. absolutely, τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ἔσχαται π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. followed by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (i.e. ἦν) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. with Preps., πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to expectation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παρὰ προσδοκίαν, which is used of a kind of joke frequently in Comedy texts, e.g. ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ—χίμεθλα (where πέδιλα was expected), [Refs 4th c.BC+]