προσδοκία prosdokia · G4329
expectation
προσδοκία, -ας, ἡ; (ιροσδοκάω), [in LXX: Gen.49:10 (יִקָּהָה), Psa.119:116 (שֵׂבֶר) Wis.17:13, Sir.40:2, al. ; ] ; expectation: with genitive obj., Luk.21:26; with genitive subjc., Act.12:11.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
προσδοκ-ία, ἡ, ; looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear, ; 1 with genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, []: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν []; τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π. []; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e. the fulfilment of the expectations raised, []; 2 absolutely, τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων []; αἱ ἔσχαται π. []; 3 followed by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (i.e. ἦν) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν []; 4 with Preps., πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to …
Where it's used 2 times
Source: TBESG G4329; TFLSJ G4329
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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