Strong's #4327: prosdechomai (pronounced pros-dekh'-om-ahee)

from 4314 and 1209; to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience):--accept, allow, look (wait) for, take.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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prosdechomai

1) to receive to one' s self, to admit, to give access to one' s self

1a) to admit one, receive one into intercourse and companionship

1b) to receive one (coming from some place)

1c) to accept (not to reject) a thing offered

2) to expect: the fulfilment of promises

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G4314 and G1209

Citing in TDNT: 2:57, 146

Usage:

This word is used 14 times:

 

Mark 15:43: "counselor, which also waited for the kingdom of God,"
Luke 2:25: "was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy"
Luke 2:38: "spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem."
Luke 12:36: "ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return"
Luke 15:2: "murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them."
Luke 23:51: "who also himself waited for the kingdom of God."
Acts 23:21: "him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from"
Acts 24:15: "they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead,"
Romans 16:2: "That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and"
Philippians 2:29: " Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness;"
Titus 2:13: " Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the"
Hebrews 10:34: "ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the"
Hebrews 11:35: "and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain"
Jude 1:21: "in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord"