ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ, ἐκδεχομαι
EKDECHOMAI, ekdechomai
Sounds Like: ek-DEH-kho-mai
Translations: expect, wait for, look for, await
From the root: ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἘΚ (out of, from) and the verb ΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ (to receive, accept). It means to wait for someone or something, to expect their arrival, or to look forward to an event. It implies a patient and often eager anticipation.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 1st Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1551 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 43:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 16:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΚΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΗ — receiving, awaiting, expecting, having received, when she had received
- ἘΚΔΕΞΟΜΑΙ — wait for, expect, look for, await
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we await, we expect, we look for, we wait for
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — waiting for, expecting, looking for, awaiting
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) waiting for, (of) expecting, (of) looking for, (of) awaiting
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