ἀποκαραδοκία
apokaradokia · eager expectation
Greek word · Strong’s number G603 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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apokaradokia (ἀποκαραδοκία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “eager expectation”.
Waiting with outstretched neck, longing.
How to say it
a·po·ka·ra·do·ki·a
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
- Waiting with longing, craning the neck to see it come.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Romans 8:19
For the eager expectation of the creation waits for the revelation of the sons of God.
- Philippians 1:20
according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be put to shame in nothing, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also the Messiah will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.