προσδέχομαι prosdechomai · G4327
to wait for/welcome
προσ-δέχομαι ; [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה ; ] ; 1. to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: with accusative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Rom.16:2, Php.2:29; with accusative of thing(s), Act.24:15 (R, mg.), Heb.10:34 11:35. ; 2. to expect, look for, wait for: with accusative of person(s), Luk.12:36; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.2:25, 38 23:51, Act.23:21, Tit.2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
προσδέχομαι, ; Ionic dialect προσδέκομαι: used by [] only in Epic dialect present participle ποτιδέγμενος (see. below []: aorist 1 προσεδέχθην[]:— receive favourably, accept, τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον] []; π. συμμαχίαν []; τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις, []; receive hospitably, []; II admit, ἐς τὴν πόλιν []; admit into one's presence, of a king, []; of a demos receiving foreign emissaries, []; II.2 admit to citizenship, []; so ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξετα; []; π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους []; ὁ …
Where it's used 14 times
Mark 15:43 · Luke 2:25 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 15:2 · Luke 23:51 · Acts 23:21 · Acts 24:15 · Romans 16:2 · Philippians 2:29 · Titus 2:13 · Hebrews 10:34 · Hebrews 11:35 · Jude 1:21
Source: TBESG G4327; TFLSJ G4327
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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