1. wait for, look for — To wait for someone or something with patient anticipation, often implying hopeful or anxious watching for an arrival or event. 11×
AR["مُنتَظِرينَ","مُنْتَظِرًا","مُنْتَظِرِينَ","نَنتَظِرُ","يَنتَظِرونَ","يَنْتَظِرُ"]·ben["অপেক্ষা-করছিল","অপেক্ষা-করছে","অপেক্ষা-করব","অপেক্ষা-করা-অবস্থায়","অপেক্ষা-করিতেছে","আমরা-প্রতীক্ষা-করি","প্রতীক্ষা-করছিল","প্রতীক্ষা-করতে","প্রতীক্ষা-করে"]·DE["erwarten","erwartet"]·EN["expecting","should-we-expect","waiting-for","watching","we-await"]·FR["attendre"]·heb["בְּהַמְתִין","מְחַכִּים","מְחַכֶּה","מְצַפִּים","מְצַפֶּה","נְחַכֶּה","נְצַפֶּה"]·HI["प्रतिकश-करेइन","प्रतीक्षा-करता","प्रतीक्षा-करते","प्रतीक्षा-करते-हुए","प्रतीक्षा-करें","प्रतीक्षाकरतेहुए","हम-प्रतीक्षा-करते-हैं"]·ID["Ketika-sedang-menanti","haruskah-kami-nantikan","kami-menantikan","kita-nantikan,","menantikan","menantikan,","menunggu"]·IT["aspettare","prosdokōmen","prosdokōntas","prosdokōntes"]·jav["Sami-nengga","kita-ngarep-arep,","kula-sedaya-badhé-ngentosi?","nengga","ngantos","ngarep-arep","ngarep-arep,","ngentosi"]·KO["기다리고-있었다","기다리노라,","기다리는","기다리리까","기다리며","기다리며,","기다릴까요"]·PT["Esperando","devemos-esperar","esperamos","esperando","esperaremos"]·RU["Ожидающего","ожидаем","ожидать","ожидать-нам","ожидающие","ожидающий","ожидающих"]·ES["Esperando","esperamos","esperando","esperándolo"]·SW["Walipokuwa-wakingoja","akiwangojea","mkingoja","mkingojea","mkisubiri","tumngoje","tumngojee?","tunasubiri","wakimngoja","wakimngojea"]·TR["Beklerken","bekleriz","bekleyelim","bekleyelim?","bekleyen","bekleyenler","bekleyerek"]·urd["انتظار-کر-رہے-تھے","انتظار-کرتا-ہوا","انتظار-کرتے","انتظار-کرتے-ہوئے","انتظار-کرتے-ہوئے،","انتظار-کرتے-ہیں،","انتظار-کریں"]
Matt 11:3, Luke 1:21, Luke 3:15, Luke 7:19, Luke 7:20, Luke 8:40, Acts 10:24, Acts 27:33, 2 Pet 3:12, 2 Pet 3:13, 2 Pet 3:14
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Senses
2. expect, anticipate — To expect or anticipate something happening, focusing on the mental state of expectation or supposition rather than the act of waiting. 5×
AR["تَوَقَّعوا","مُتَوَقِّعًا","مُنتَظِرينَ","يَنتَظِرُهُ","يَنْتَظِرُهُ"]·ben["অপেক্ষা-করিতেছিল","আশা-করে","প্রত্যাশা-করিতেছিল","প্রত্যাশা-করে","সে-প্রত্যাশা-করে"]·DE["erwartet"]·EN["expecting","he-expects","were-expecting"]·FR["attendre"]·heb["מְצַפִּים","מְצַפֶּה","צִפּוּ"]·HI["अपेक्षा-करता-है","उम्मीद-कर-रहे-थे","उम्मीद-करते-हुए","कुछ","सोचता-है"]·ID["dia-harapkan","ia-duga","mengharapkan"]·IT["aspettare"]·jav["dipunarep-arep","ngajeng-ajeng","ngarep-arep","piyambakipun-ngarep-arep"]·KO["기대하고","기대하는","기대하며","기대하였다"]·PT["esperando","esperavam"]·RU["ожидает","ожидающих","ожидая","они-ожидали"]·ES["espera","esperaban","esperando"]·SW["akitarajia","katika","mtarajii","wakitarajia","walitarajia"]·TR["bekleyerek","bekliyor","bekliyorlardı","ve"]·urd["امید-رکھتے-ہوئے","انتظار","انتظار-کرتے-تھے","انتظار-کرنے","توقع-رکھتا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
προσδοκ-άω, Ionic dialect προσδοκ-έω (which is sometimes found as falsa lectio, e.g. in Refs 2nd c.BC+future -ήσω: aorist -εδόκησα: perfect προσδεδόκηκα Refs 1st c.AD+:—expect, whether in hope or fear; mostly with infinitive future, expect that one will do or that a thing will be, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive aorist and ἄν, that one would do or that a thing would be, Refs 5th c.BC+ expect his…