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ἐκδέχομαι G1551

G1551 is the Greek word ἐκδέχομαι, transliterated ekdéchomai. The King James Version most often renders it waiting for.

Word: ἐκδέχομαιTransliteration: ekdéchomaiLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 8 verses

What it means

to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await.

Where it comes from

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G1209 (δέχομαι).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 8 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

waiting for 1×waited for 1×tarry 1×look for 1×expecting 1×looked for 1×waiteth 1×waited 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for).

Verses using ἐκδέχομαι

All 8 verses, quoted in full.

John 5:3 · KJV

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

Acts 17:16 · KJV

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

1 Corinthians 11:33 · KJV

Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.

1 Corinthians 16:11 · KJV

Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.

Hebrews 10:13 · KJV

From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

Hebrews 11:10 · KJV

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

James 5:7 · KJV

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

1 Peter 3:20 · KJV

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

Common questions

What does Strong's G1551 mean?

G1551 is the Greek word ἐκδέχομαι (ekdéchomai), meaning to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await.

How is G1551 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it waiting for (1 time), waited for (1 time), tarry (1 time), look for (1 time), expecting (1 time), among others.

How many times does G1551 appear in the Bible?

ἐκδέχομαι (ekdéchomai) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G1551 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G1209 (δέχομαι).

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