ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ, ἐκδεχομενων
EKDECHOMENŌN, ekdechomenōn
Sounds Like: ek-deh-KHO-meh-nohn
Translations: (of) waiting for, (of) expecting, (of) looking for, (of) awaiting
From the root: ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a present middle/passive participle, genitive plural, of the verb 'ekdechomai'. It is a compound word formed from 'ek' (out of, from) and 'dechomai' (to receive, to accept). The word generally means to wait for, expect, or look forward to something or someone. It implies a state of anticipation or readiness for an event or person.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1551 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 28:10
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
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΑΙ — expect, wait for, look for, await
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we await, we expect, we look for, we wait for
- ἘΚΔΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — waiting for, expecting, looking for, awaiting
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