STRONGS G553:
ἀπεκδέχομαι; [imperfect
ἀπεξεδεχόμην];
assiduously and patiently to wait for [cf. English wait it out]: absolutely,
1 Peter 3:20 (
Rec. ἐκδέχομαι);
τί,
Romans 8:19,
23,
25;
1 Corinthians 1:7;
Galatians 5:5 (on this passage cf.
ἐλπίς; at the end); with the accusative of a person, Christ in his return from heaven:
Philippians 3:20;
Hebrews 9:28. Cf.
C. F. A. Fritzsche in
Fritzschiorum Opuscc., p. 155f;
Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 14; [Ellicott on Galatians, the passage cited]. (Scarcely found out of the
N. T.; Heliodorus Aeth. 2, 35; 7, 23.)
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