apekdechomai · wait eagerly

What it means

apekdechomai (ἀπεκδέχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wait eagerly”.

Long for what is to come.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To look forward eagerly to what is coming.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• eagerly await ×3
• as you wait for ×1
• eagerly awaiting ×1
• waits for ×1
• was waiting ×1
• we wait eagerly for it ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Philippians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Romans 8:19

  For the eager expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

• Romans 8:23

  and not only that, but also we ourselves, having the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

• Romans 8:25

  But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with perseverance.

• 1 Corinthians 1:7

  so that you do not lack in any gift, as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah;

• Galatians 5:5

  For we, by the Spirit, by faith, eagerly await the hope of righteousness.

• Philippians 3:20

  For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus the Messiah,

• Hebrews 9:28

  so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await him, for salvation.

• 1 Peter 3:20

  who had once disobeyed, when the patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.