προσδέχομαι
prosdechomai
“to wait for/welcome”
Definition
to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
from G4314 (πρός) and G1209 (δέχομαι);
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Occurrences
προσδέχομαι appears 14 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
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