ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΙΑΝ, προσδοκιαν
PROSDOKIAN, prosdokian
Sounds Like: pros-doh-kee-AN
Translations: expectation, a waiting, a looking for, a looking forward to
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of waiting for something to happen, often with a sense of anticipation or apprehension. It describes the state of looking forward to an event, whether good or bad, and can imply a confident or anxious waiting.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4329 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 66:9
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 8:219
- Book 5 — 10:351, 11:358
- Book 6 — 13:280
- Book 8 — 13:327
- Book 13 — 7:106
- Book 15 — 6:181, 9:302
- Book 16 — 8:264
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 85:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΙΑ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΙΑ — expectation, a waiting, a looking for, anticipation, a hope
- ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΙΑΙΣ — expectations, hopes, anticipations
- ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΙΑΣ — of expectation, of waiting, of anticipation, of hope
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