To look for
προσδοκάωStrong’s G4328prosdokaō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prosdokaō is the Greek word usually translated “expecting”, “are we to look for” and “does expect”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?”
Meaning
Usually translated “expecting”, “are we to look for” and “does expect”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- expecting 5
- are we to look for 3
- he does expect 2
- when were expecting 1
- looking for 1
- watching 1
- they were expecting 1
- are waiting 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 6
- Acts 4
- 2 Peter 3
- Matthew 2
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 3:13In contextNevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- 2 Peter 3:14In contextWherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- Matthew 11:3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
- Matthew 24:50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
- Luke 1:21And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
- Luke 3:15And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
Greek dictionary
προσδοκάω prosdokaō · to look for
προσ-δοκάω, -ῶ (the simple verb exists only in the forms δοκέω, -εύω) [in LXX: Psa.104:27 (שָׂבַר pi.), etc. ;] to await, expect: Mat.24:50, Luk.3:15 12:46, Act.27:33 28:6; with accusative of person(s), Mat.11:3, Luk.1:21 7:19-20 8:40 Act.10:24; with accusative of thing(s), 2Pe.3:12-14; with accusative and inf., Act.28:6; with inf., Act.3:5.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “expecting” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXPECT'ING, participle present
tense Waiting or looking for the arrival of.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.