prosdokaō · wait for, expect

What it means

prosdokaō (προσδοκάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wait for, expect”.

Wait for, look for, expect someone or something.

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 watchful for the arrival of someone or something.

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

How it is translated

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

• expecting ×3
• should we wait for ×3
• waiting for ×3
• expect him ×2
• had waited ×1
• since you wait for ×1
• waiting ×1
• we wait for ×1
• were in expectation ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×6
• Acts×5
• 2 Peter×3

• Matthew 11:3

  and said to him, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we wait for another?”

• Matthew 24:50

  the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know,

• Luke 1:21

  And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the sanctuary.

• Luke 3:15

  Now as the people were in expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, whether perhaps he might be the Messiah,

• Luke 7:19

  sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we wait for another?”

• Luke 7:20

  And when the men came to him, they said, “John the Immerser has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is coming, or should we wait for another?’”

• Luke 8:40

  Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

• Luke 12:46

  the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and put his portion with the unbelieving.

• Acts 3:5

  And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

• Acts 10:24

  And on the following day he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.

• Acts 27:33

  And until day was about to dawn, Paul kept urging everyone to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued waiting and without food, having taken nothing.

• Acts 28:6

  But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall dead. But after they had waited a long time and seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their view and were saying that he was a god.

• 2 Peter 3:12

  waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements, burning, will melt?

• 2 Peter 3:13

  But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

• 2 Peter 3:14

  Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these things, be eager to be found by him unstained and without defect, in peace.

And 1 more times.