Strong's #603: apokaradokia (pronounced ap-ok-ar-ad-ok-ee'-ah)

from a comparative of 575 and a compound of kara (the head) and 1380 (in the sense of watching); intense anticipation:--earnest expectation.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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apokaradokia

1) anxious and persistent expectation

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from a comparative of G575 and a compound of kara (the head) and G1380 (in the sense of watching)

Citing in TDNT: 1:393, 66

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Romans 8:19: "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation"
Philippians 1:20: "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing"