STRONGS G4327:
προσδέχομαι; deponent middle; imperfect
προσεδεχόμην; 1 aorist
προσεδεξαμην;
1. as in Greek writings from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down, "to receive to oneself, to admit, to give access to oneself':
τινα, to admit one, receive into intercourse and companionship,
τούς ἁμαρτωλούς,
Luke 15:2; to receive one (coming from some place),
Romans 16:2;
Philippians 2:29 (
1 Chronicles 12:18);
τί,
to accept (not to reject) a thing offered:
οὐ προσδεξάμενοι,
to reject, Hebrews 11:35;
προσδέχονται ἐλπίδα, to admit (accept) hope, i. e. not to repudiate but to entertain, embrace, its substance,
Acts 24:15 (others refer this to the next head (
R. V. text
look for)); not to shun, to bear, an impending evil (
A. V. took the spoiling etc.),
Hebrews 10:34.
2. as from
Homer down,
to expect (
A. V. look for, trait for):
τινα,
Luke 12:36;
τί,
Mark 15:43;
Luke 2:25,
38;
Luke 23:51; (
Acts 23:21);
Titus 2:13;
Jude 1:21;
τάς ἐπαγγελίας, the fulfilment of the promises,
Hebrews 11:13 Lachmann (Cf.
δέχομαι, at the endl
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