ἐκδοχή
ekdochḗ · G1561 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to expect, expectation
To expect something to happen, often implying waiting
ExamplesHebrews 10:27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κρίσιςjudgment 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- τὶςsomeone 1
- φοβερόςfearful 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- προσδοκία prosdokía · G4329 · to expect, to anticipate, expectation
- The target term and προσδοκία (“apprehension of evil, an anticipated infliction”) both denote fearful anticipation, specifically the expectation of judgment or an evil outcome — a shared, more specific nuance within the broader field of expectation, not merely a generic overlap in waiting.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To expect, expectation30.53
- Used in Hebrews 10:27, where those who deliberately go on sinning after receiving knowledge of the truth face a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire that will consume the adversaries.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐκδοχης, ἡ (ἐκδέχομαι), the act or manner of receiving from; hence, in secular authors.…
1. reception.
2. succession.
3. (a taking in a certain sense, i. e.) interpretation.
4. once in the sacred writings, expectation, awaiting (cf. ἐκδέχομαι, 2): Heb 10:27.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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