προσδέχομαι
prosdéchomai
to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
Lexicon
Derivation: from G4314 (πρός) and G1209 (δέχομαι);
to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
- to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance)
- by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: accept, allow, look (wait) for, take
Usage
14 occurrences · 0 OT · 14 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- looking for3 · 21%
- waited1 · 7%
- waiting1 · 7%
- them that looked1 · 7%
- that wait1 · 7%
- receiveth1 · 7%
- waited for1 · 7%
- allow1 · 7%
- ye receive1 · 7%
- receive1 · 7%
- took1 · 7%
- accepting1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.