Strong's #553: apekdechomai (pronounced ap-ek-dekh'-om-ahee)

from 575 and 1551; to expect fully:--look (wait) foreign

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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apekdechomai

1) assiduously and patiently waiting for

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G575 and G1551

Citing in TDNT: 2:56, 146

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Romans 8:19: "earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons"
Romans 8:23: "groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our"
Romans 8:25: "not, then do we with patience wait for"
1 Corinthians 1:7: "come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our"
Galatians 5:5: "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Philippians 3:20: "from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:"
Hebrews 9:28: "to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time"