Lexical Definition
προσδέχομαι prosdéchomai (pros-dekh'-om-ahee) to wait for/welcome G:V
from πρός and δέχομαι
accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.
- to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance)
- by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| προσεδεχόμην | I waited for | LXX.Ps.55.8 |
| προσεδέχοντο | favorably received | LXX.Exod.36.3 • LXX.Esth.9.27 |
| προσεδέχετο | he was waiting for | Luke.23.51 |
| προσεδέξατο | favorably received | LXX.Ps.6.9 • LXX.Isa.42.1 |
| προσεδέξασθε | you accepted | Heb.10.34 |
| προσεδέξαντο | favorably received it | LXX.Esth.9.23 |
| προσδεχόμενοσ | waiting for | Mark.15.43 • Luke.2.25 |
| προσδεχόμενοι | awaiting | Acts.23.21 • Titus.2.13 • Jude.1.21 |
| favorably receiving | LXX.Isa.55.12 | |
| the ones waiting for | LXX.Ezek.32.10 | |
| προσδεχομένοισ | waiting for | Luke.2.38 • Luke.12.36 |
| προσδεχομένη | favorably receiving | LXX.Job.29.23 |
| προσδεξάμενοι | having accepted | Heb.11.35 |
| προσδέχου | favorably receive | LXX.Isa.28.10 |
| προσδέχονται | await | Acts.24.15 |
| favorably receive | LXX.Prov.15.15 | |
| προσδέχομαι | wait for | LXX.2Sam.15.28 |
| προσδέχεται | receives | Luke.15.2 |
| προσδέχεσθε | do receive | Phil.2.29 |
| προσδέξονται | shall accept | LXX.Lev.26.43 |
| shall receive it | LXX.Ps.104.11 | |
| προσδέξομαι | I favorably receive | LXX.Mal.1.13 |
| I will favorably receive | LXX.Ezek.20.40 • LXX.Ezek.20.41 | |
| I will favorably receive you | LXX.Ezek.43.27 | |
| favorably receive | LXX.Amos.5.22 • LXX.Mal.1.10 | |
| προσδέξομαί | favorably receive you | LXX.Isa.45.4 |
| προσδέξησθε | you may receive | Rom.16.2 |
| προσδέξεται | favorably receive | LXX.Hos.8.13 |
| he will favorably receive | LXX.Gen.32.20 | |
| lord favorably receive | LXX.Mic.6.7 | |
| shall favorably receive | LXX.Lev.26.43 | |
| shall receive him favorably | LXX.Exod.22.11 | |
| προσδέξεταί | he favorably receive | LXX.Mal.1.8 |
| προσδέξεσθε | you wait for them | LXX.Ruth.1.13 |
| προσδέξασθε | Favorably receive | LXX.Exod.10.17 |
| προσδέξασθαι | favorably receives | LXX.2Chr.36.21 |
| to favorably receive | LXX.Job.33.20 | |
| προσέδεξατο | favorably received | LXX.1Chr.12.18 |
Abbott-Smith
προσ-δέχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for רצה;]
1. to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: c. acc. pers., Lk 15:2, Ro 16:2, Phl 2:29; c. acc. rei, Ac 24:15 (R, mg.), He 10:34 11:35.
2. to expect, look for, wait for: c. acc. pers., Lk 12:36; c. acc. rei, Mk 15:43, Lk 2:25, 38 23:51, Ac 23:21, Tit 2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Mark | 15:43 |
| Luke | 2:25 · 2:38 · 12:36 · 15:2 · 23:51 |
| Acts | 23:21 · 24:15 |
| Romans | 16:2 |
| Philippians | 2:29 |
| Titus | 2:13 |
| Hebrews | 10:34 · 11:35 |
| Jude | 1:21 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
προσδέχομαι,
Ionic dialect προσδέκομαι: used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in Epic dialect present participle ποτιδέγμενος (see. below [Refs]: aorist 1 προσεδέχθην[Refs 4th c.BC+]:— receive favourably, accept, τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. συμμαχίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; receive hospitably, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II admit, ἐς τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; admit into one's presence, of a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a demos receiving foreign emissaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 admit to citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξετα; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ προσδεχθησόμενος εἰς τὴν στιβάδα [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 of the female, ἡ ἵππος π. τὸν ὄνον [Refs 5th c.BC+].έ.
__II.4 admit an argument, π. τὸ ψεῦδος, λόγον ἀληθῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πρόφασιν accept an excuse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.5 admit, be capable of, μήτε γένεσιν μήτε ὄλεθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 undertake, προσδέχεσθαι μάλα χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; take a liability upon oneself, guarantee, τὸ ἀνάλωμα [Refs]; credit a sum to a person or an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III await, expect, the only sense in [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ποτιδέγμενος waiting for or expecting, δῶρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὴν ὁρμήν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so later, προσδεκομένους τοιοῦτον οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδεχομένῳ ἦν τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων was according to his expectation, [Refs]; π. τινός τι expect anything from anybody, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive future, οὐδὲν πάντως προσεδέκοντο.. τὸν στόλον ὁρμήσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle future, τοῦτον π. ἐπαναστησόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πανταχόθεν π. τοὺς πολεμίους await them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.2 wait, ἥατ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εἰ with optative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]