ekdechomai · wait for

What it means

ekdechomai (ἐκδέχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wait for”.

Expect someone.

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 stay patiently until someone arrives or something happens.

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

How it is translated

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

• waiting ×4
• wait for ×1
• waits for ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Hebrews×2
• James×1

• Acts 17:16

  And as Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

• 1 Corinthians 11:33

  So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

• 1 Corinthians 16:11

  So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me, for I am waiting for him with the brothers.

• Hebrews 10:13

  from then on waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.

• Hebrews 11:10

  for he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

• James 5:7

  Be patient, then, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain.