ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΟΥΝΤΑ, καραδοκουντα
KARADOKOUNTA, karadokounta
Sounds Like: kah-rah-doh-KOON-tah
Translations: waiting expectantly, watching eagerly, looking out for, a waiting expectantly, a watching eagerly, a looking out for
From the root: ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word describes someone who is eagerly or intently waiting for something to happen, often with a sense of anticipation or expectation. It implies a focused and sustained watchfulness. It is a compound word formed from κάρα (kara, 'head') and δοκέω (dokeō, 'to watch, to observe'), literally meaning 'to watch with the head outstretched'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Nominative, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2687 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:86
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΕΙ — he was eagerly awaiting, he was looking forward to, he was watching intently, he was expecting
- ἘΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΟΥΝ — they were eagerly awaiting, they were looking forward to, they were watching for, they were expecting
- ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΕΩ — to wait eagerly, to look eagerly, to expect, to await
- ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΟΥΝΤΕΣ — waiting, expecting, looking eagerly, watching, observing, looking out for
- ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΟΥΝΤΩΝ — (of) those eagerly awaiting, (of) those watching intently, (of) those expecting, (of) those looking out for
- ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΩΝ — waiting eagerly, looking eagerly, expecting, watching intently
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