Word

προσδοκάω

prosdokáō · G4328 · Greek · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

to wait with apprehension, to wait with anxiety

To await with apprehension concerning impending danger or trouble

Examples
Luke 1:21 And meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah, and were wondering at his delay in the temple.
Acts 27:33 Until the day was about to dawn, Paul kept encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken in nothing.
to expect, to anticipate, expectation

To expect something to happen, whether good or bad

Examples
Matthew 11:3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?”
Matthew 24:50 then the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know,
Luke 3:15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and they all were thinking carefully in their hearts about John, whether he himself perhaps was the Christ,

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

13 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: we 4
Not stated (participle) 4
Not stated: he, she or it 2
λαόςpeople 1
ὁthe (definite article) 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

9 occurrences in 10 groups

Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐπίon+ πολύςmany 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἐπάγγελμαpromise 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

οὐnot 2
σήμερονtoday 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἡμέραday 2

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

λέγωto say 2
ἔπωto say 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

ἀπεκδέχομαι apekdéchomai · G553 · to look forward eagerly, to await expectantly, to remain until: Both terms express eager or intense expectation. ἀπεκδέχομαι emphasizes the fullness or completeness of waiting, often with confident hope, while προσδοκάω can carry connotations of anxious anticipation or apprehension alongside expectation.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To wait with apprehension, to wait with anxiety25.228: The verb describes waiting for someone or something with uncertainty about the outcome. Matthew's account of John the Baptist's disciples uses this term: “and said to Him, 'Are You the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?'” (Matthew 11:3).
To expect, to anticipate, expectation30.55: The same verb describes forming a mental expectation about a future event. Jesus' warning about the unfaithful servant uses this term: “then the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know” (Matthew 24:50).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

προσδοκάωprosdokáō · G4328προσδοκία prosdokía · G4329 · to expect, to anticipate, expectation · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (πραϋπαθία T WH; see Iota), πραυπαθειας, ἡ (πραυπαθης ((πάσχω))), mildness of…

(πραϋπαθία T WH; see Iota), πραυπαθειας, ἡ (πραυπαθης ((πάσχω))), mildness of disposition, gentleness of spirit, meekness (equivalent to πραΰτης): 1 Tim 6:11 L T Tr WH. (Philo de Abrah. § 37; Ignatius ad Trall. 8, 1 [ET].)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace2 occurrences To Think Concerning Future Contingencies14 occurrences

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