1. eagerly await / expect — To await eagerly with intense expectation; a compound of ἀπό + ἐκ + δέχομαι emphasizing the straining forward in anticipation. Used exclusively for eschatological or salvation-hope contexts in the NT. In Rom 8:19 creation 'awaits' (ἀπεκδέχεται) the revelation of the sons of God; in 8:23 believers 'await' (ἀπεκδεχόμενοι) the redemption of their bodies; in 8:25 'we eagerly await' (ἀπεκδεχόμεθα) what we do not see. In 1 Cor 1:7 the Corinthians are 'awaiting' (ἀπεκδεχομένους) the revelation of our Lord. In Gal 5:5 we 'eagerly await' (ἀπεκδεχόμεθα) the hope of righteousness. In Phil 3:20 we 'eagerly await' (ἀπεκδεχόμεθα) a Savior from heaven. In Heb 9:28 Christ appears a second time to those 'eagerly awaiting' (ἀπεκδεχομένοις) him. In 1 Pet 3:20 God 'was waiting' (ἀπεξεδέχετο) patiently in the days of Noah. Glosses: arb مُنْتَظِرِينَ, heb מְצַפִּים/מְחַכִּים, hin प्रतीक्षा–करते, kor 기다리며, spa aguardando. 8×
AR["كانَ-يَنتَظِرُ","مُنْتَظِرينَ","مُنْتَظِرِينَ","نَنتَظِرُ","نَنْتَظِرُ","يَنْتَظِرونَهُ","يَنْتَظِرُ"]·ben["অপেক্ষা-করছিল","অপেক্ষা-করছে","অপেক্ষা-করতে","অপেক্ষা-করি।","আমরা-অপেক্ষা-করি","প্রতীক্ষা-করি","যারা-অপেক্ষা-করে"]·DE["erwarten"]·EN["awaiting","awaits","eagerly-await","eagerly-awaiting","was-waiting","we-await","we-eagerly-await"]·FR["attendre"]·heb["הִמְתִּינָה","מְחַכִּים","מְחַכִּים-אֲנַחְנוּ","מְצַפִּים","מְצַפָּה"]·HI["प्रतिकश-करते-हैन.","प्रतीक्षा-कर-रहा-था","प्रतीक्षा-करती-है","प्रतीक्षा-करते-हुए","प्रतीक्षा-करते-हैं","प्रतीक्षा-करने-वालों","हुम-प्रतिकश-करते-हैन"]·ID["kita nantikan","kita-nantikan.","menantikan","menantikan,","menantikan.","menunggu","yang-menantikan"]·IT["apekdechomenois","apekdechometha","apexedecheto","aspettare-con-ansia"]·jav["ingkang-ngantos","kita-ngantos-antos","kita-ngarep-arep","kita-ngentosi.","ngantos","ngantos-antos","ngantos-ngentosi"]·KO["기다리노라","기다리노라.","기다리는-자들에게","기다리며","기다리면서","기다리셨으니","기다릴지니"]·PT["aguarda.","aguardam","aguardamos","aguardamos.","aguardando","aguardando,","esperava"]·RU["-тела","ожидаем","ожидало","ожидающие","ожидающим"]·ES["aguarda","aguardamos","aguardando","esperaba","que-le-esperan"]·SW["ilisubiri","mkingojea","tukingojea","tunalingojea","tunamngojea","tunangojea","unaungojea","wanaomngojea"]·TR["bekleyenlere","bekleyerek","bekliyor","bekliyordu","bekliyoruz","o-"]·urd["انتظار-کرتی-تھی","انتظار-کرتی-ہے۔","انتظار-کرتے-ہوئے","انتظار-کرتے-ہیں","انتظار-کرنے-والوں-کو","ہم-انتظار-کرتے-ہیں۔"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀπεκ-δέχομαι, expect anxiously, await eagerly, σωτῆραNT+2nd c.AD+ __II misunderstand, misinterpret, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II.b understand a word from the context, Refs 2nd c.AD+