4328. prosdokaó

Strong's Lexicon

prosdokaó: To expect, to wait for, to look for

Original Word: προσδοκάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: prosdokaó
Pronunciation: pros-do-KAH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-dok-ah'-o)
Definition: To expect, to wait for, to look for
Meaning: I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.

Word Origin: From πρός (pros, meaning "toward") and δοκέω (dokeó, meaning "to think" or "to expect")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of expectation is קָוָה (qavah), which means to wait for or to hope.

Usage: The verb προσδοκάω is used in the New Testament to convey the sense of anticipation or expectation. It often implies a forward-looking attitude, where one is waiting for something to happen or for someone to arrive. This expectation can be positive, such as looking forward to a promise being fulfilled, or it can be more neutral or even negative, depending on the context.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of expectation was significant in both daily life and religious practices. People often lived with expectations regarding the return of travelers, the outcome of events, or the fulfillment of prophecies. In the Jewish context, there was a strong cultural expectation of the coming Messiah, which is reflected in the New Testament usage of προσδοκάω.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from pros and dokeuó (to watch)
Definition
to await, expect
NASB Translation
expect (2), expecting (2), look (4), looking (2), state of expectation (1), waited (1), waiting (2), watching (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4328: πραυπαθεια

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

STRONGS NT 4328: προσδοκάωπροσδοκάω, προσδόκω; imperfect 3 person plural προσεδόκων (Acts 28:6); (the simple verb is found only in the form δοκεύω; πρός (which see IV. 1) denotes mental direction); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; to expect (whether in thought, in hope, or in fear); to look for, wait for: when the preceding context shews who or what is expected, Matthew 24:50; Luke 3:15; Luke 12:46; Acts 27:33; Acts 28:6; τινα, one's coming or return, Matthew 11:3; Luke 1:21; Luke 7:19; Luke 8:40; Acts 10:24; τί, 2 Peter 3:12-14; followed by an accusative with infinitive Acts 28:6; followed by an infinitive belonging to the subject, Acts 3:5.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

to wait for, look for

From pros and dokeuo (to watch); to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await -- (be in) expect(-ation), look (for), when looked, tarry, wait for.

see GREEK pros

Forms and Transliterations

προσδοκα προσδοκά προσδοκᾷ προσδοκάσθω προσδοκωμεν προσδοκώμεν προσδοκῶμεν προσδοκων προσδοκών προσδοκῶν προσδοκωντας προσδοκώντας προσδοκῶντας προσδοκωντες προσδοκώντες προσδοκῶντες Προσδοκωντος προσδοκώντος Προσδοκῶντος προσδοκωντων προσδοκώντων προσδοκώσι προσεδόκησεν προσεδοκώμεν προσεδοκων προσεδόκων prosdoka prosdokā̂i prosdokomen prosdokômen prosdokōmen prosdokō̂men prosdokon prosdokôn prosdokōn prosdokō̂n prosdokontas prosdokôntas prosdokōntas prosdokō̂ntas prosdokontes prosdokôntes prosdokōntes prosdokō̂ntes prosdokonton prosdokōntōn prosdokṓnton prosdokṓntōn Prosdokontos Prosdokôntos Prosdokōntos Prosdokō̂ntos prosedokon prosedokōn prosedókon prosedókōn

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 11:3 V-PIA-1P
GRK: ἢ ἕτερον προσδοκῶμεν
NAS: One, or shall we look for someone else?
KJV: or do we look for another?
INT: or another are we to look for

Matthew 24:50 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ καὶ ἐν
NAS: when he does not expect [him] and at an hour
KJV: when he looketh not
INT: in which not he does expect and in

Luke 1:21 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὁ λαὸς προσδοκῶν τὸν Ζαχαρίαν
NAS: The people were waiting for Zacharias,
INT: the people expecting Zechariah

Luke 3:15 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: Προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ
NAS: while the people were in a state of expectation and all
KJV: as the people were in expectation, and
INT: were in expectation moreover the

Luke 7:19 V-PSA-1P
GRK: ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν
NAS: One, or do we look for someone else?
KJV: or look we for another?
INT: or another are we to look for

Luke 7:20 V-PSA-1P
GRK: ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν
NAS: One, or do we look for someone else?'
KJV: or look we for another?
INT: or another are we to look for

Luke 8:40 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: γὰρ πάντες προσδοκῶντες αὐτόν
NAS: been waiting for Him.
KJV: they were all waiting for him.
INT: indeed all looking for him

Luke 12:46 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ καὶ ἐν
NAS: when he does not expect [him] and at an hour
KJV: he looketh not for [him], and at
INT: in which not he does expect and in

Acts 3:5 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἐπεῖχεν αὐτοῖς προσδοκῶν τι παρ'
NAS: And he [began] to give them his attention, expecting to receive
KJV: unto them, expecting to receive
INT: he gave heed to them expecting something from

Acts 10:24 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: Κορνήλιος ἦν προσδοκῶν αὐτοὺς συνκαλεσάμενος
KJV: Cornelius waited for them,
INT: Cornelius was expecting them having called together

Acts 27:33 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: σήμερον ἡμέραν προσδοκῶντες ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε
NAS: that you have been constantly watching and going without eating,
KJV: day that ye have tarried and continued
INT: today [is] day watching without taking food you continue

Acts 28:6 V-IIA-3P
GRK: οἱ δὲ προσεδόκων αὐτὸν μέλλειν
NAS: But they were expecting that he was about
KJV: Howbeit they looked when he should
INT: but they were expecting him to be going

Acts 28:6 V-PPA-GMP
GRK: δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκώντων καὶ θεωρούντων
NAS: dead. But after they had waited a long
KJV: after they had looked a great while,
INT: however they expecting and seeing

2 Peter 3:12 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας
NAS: looking for and hastening the coming
KJV: Looking for and hasting
INT: expecting and hastening

2 Peter 3:13 V-PIA-1P
GRK: ἐπάγγελμα αὐτοῦ προσδοκῶμεν ἐν οἷς
NAS: to His promise we are looking for new
KJV: his promise, look for new heavens
INT: promise of him we expect in which

2 Peter 3:14 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἀγαπητοί ταῦτα προσδοκῶντες σπουδάσατε ἄσπιλοι
NAS: beloved, since you look for these things,
KJV: beloved, seeing that ye look for such things,
INT: beloved these things expecting be earnest without spot

Strong's Greek 4328
16 Occurrences

προσδοκᾷ — 2 Occ.
προσδοκῶμεν — 4 Occ.
προσδοκῶν — 3 Occ.
προσδοκῶντας — 1 Occ.
προσδοκῶντες — 3 Occ.
προσδοκώντων — 1 Occ.
Προσδοκῶντος — 1 Occ.
προσεδόκων — 1 Occ.