STRONGS G1551:
ἐκδέχομαι; imperfect
ἐξεδεχόμην; (
ἐκ from some person or quarter);
1. to receive, accept ([Homer], Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).
2. to look for, expect, wait for, await:
τί,
John 5:3 R L;
Hebrews 11:10;
James 5:7;
τινά,
Acts 17:16;
1 Corinthians 16:11;
ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, namely, until each shall have received his food,
1 Corinthians 11:33, cf.
1 Corinthians 11:21; followed by
ἕως etc.
Hebrews 10:13; [absolutely,
1 Peter 3:20 Rec., but see
Tdfs note at the passage]. Rarely with this meaning in secular authors, as Sophocles Phil. 123; Apollodorus 1, 9, 27 § 3;
ἕως ἂν γένηταί τι, Dionysius Halicarnassus 6, 67. [
Compare: ἀπεκδέχομαι. Cf.
δέχομαι, at the end.]
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