ἘΚΔΕΚΤΕΟΝ, ἐκδεκτεον
EKDEKTEON, ekdekteon
Sounds Like: ek-DEK-teh-on
Translations: one must await, one must expect, one must receive, one must accept
From the root: ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verbal Adjective
Explanation: This word is a verbal adjective (or gerundive) derived from the verb ἐκδέχομαι (ekdechomai), meaning 'to await, expect, or receive'. The suffix -τέος/-τέα/-τέον indicates necessity or obligation, so it conveys the meaning 'it is necessary to await/expect/receive' or 'one must await/expect/receive'. It is used impersonally, often with a subject in the dative case indicating who must perform the action.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1551 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:56
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΔΕΔΕΚΤΑΙ — has been received, has been accepted, has been awaited, has been expected
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΙ — wait for, expect, await, receive
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having received, having waited for, having expected, having welcomed
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΣ — waiting for, expecting, receiving, accepting, awaiting, enduring
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of one having received, of one having awaited, of one having expected, of one having welcomed
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΩΝ — having received, having awaited, having expected, having welcomed
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΣΘΑΙ — to await, to expect, to wait for, to receive
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΣΘΕ — wait for, await, expect, receive
- ἘΚΔΕΞΗ — you will receive, you will await, you will expect, you will look for
- ἘΚΔΕΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to await, to expect, to wait for, to look for
- ἘΚΔΕΧΕΣΘΕ — wait for, expect, await, look for
- ἘΚΔΕΧΕΤΑΙ — expects, waits for, looks for, awaits
- ἘΚΔΕΧΘΕΙΗΣΑΝ — they might receive, they might await, they might expect, they might look for, they might wait for
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΑΙ — waiting for, expecting, awaiting, receiving, enduring
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΑΣ — waiting for, expecting, awaiting, those waiting for, those expecting
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΗ — expecting, waiting for, looking for, receiving, a receiving, an expecting
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — waiting, expecting, looking for, awaiting, receiving, accepting
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — waiting for, expecting, looking for, awaiting
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — waiting, expecting, awaiting, looking for, receiving, accepting, enduring, a waiting, an expecting
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — waiting for, expecting, looking for, awaiting, receiving, enduring
- ἘΞΕΔΕΧΕΤΟ — was waiting for, was expecting, was receiving, waited for, expected, received
- ΕΚΔΕΞΑΙ — receive, accept, expect, await, look for, welcome
- ΕΚΔΕΞΕΤΑΙ — will await, will expect, will wait for, will look for
- ΕΚΔΕΞΗ — to wait for, to expect, to await, to receive, to accept, to take, expectation, a waiting, a receiving
- ΕΚΔΕΧΕΣΘΕ — you await, you expect, you wait for, you look for, you receive, you accept
- ΕΚΔΕΧΕΤΑΙ — expects, awaits, waits for, looks for
- ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ — wait for, expect, look for, await, receive
- ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we await, we expect, we wait for, we look for
- ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — waiting for, expecting, looking for, awaiting, one who waits, he who waits
- ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — waiting, expecting, looking for, waiting for, expecting (of), looking for (of)
- ΕΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — awaiting, expecting, waiting for, looking for
- ΕΞΕΔΕΧΕΤΟ — was waiting, was expecting, was looking for, was waiting for
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