Greek verb · G553
ἀπεκδέχομαι
apekdechomaiap-ek-dekh'-om-ahee
to expect
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apekdéchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G553is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G553
to expect fully
The King James renders it: look (wait) for.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apekdechomai is rendered "to expect". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 8:19The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
Romans 8:19ἀπεκδέχεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- awaiting2
- awaits1
- eagerly await1
- eagerly awaiting1
- he was expecting1
- we are awaiting1
- we await1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀπεκδύομαι | apekdyomai | to take off | Uses2 |
| ἀπέκδυσις | apekdysis | removal | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπεκδεχόμεθα3
- ἀπεκδέχεται1
- ἀπεκδεχόμενοι1
- ἀπεκδεχομένοις1
- ἀπεκδεχομένους1
- ἀπεξεδέχετο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person plural3V-PNI-1P
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-INI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PNI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PNP-APM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-PNP-DPM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PNP-NPM
Romans
three uses
The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
- ἀπεκδέχεταιapekdechetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: awaits
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
- ἀπεκδεχόμενοιapekdechomenoiverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: awaiting
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
- ἀπεκδεχόμεθαapekdechomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we await
1 Corinthians
one use
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- ἀπεκδεχομένουςapekdechomenousverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: eagerly awaiting
Galatians
one use
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
- ἀπεκδεχόμεθαapekdechomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: eagerly await
Philippians
one use
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- ἀπεκδεχόμεθαapekdechomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are awaiting
Hebrews
one use
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
- ἀπεκδεχομένοιςapekdechomenoisverb · present middle or passive form, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: awaiting
1 Peter
one use
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- ἀπεξεδέχετοapexedechetoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was expecting
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.