προσδοκάωprosdokáō
to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await
Greek (New Testament) · G4328
Meanings
to await, expect: Matthew 24:50, Luke 3:15, Luke 12:46, Acts 27:33, Acts 28:6; with accusative of person, Matthew 11:3, Luke 1:21, Luke 7:19, Luke 7:20, Luke 8:40, Acts 10:24; with accusative of thing, 2 Peter 3:12-14; with accusative et infinitive, Acts 28:6; with infinitive, Acts 3:5.
Same root
- πρόςprós · G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
- προσδοκίαprosdokía · G4329apprehension (of evil); by implication, infliction anticipated
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 11:3 “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”
- Matthew 24:50 The master will return unannounced and unexpected,
- Luke 1:21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah to come out of the sanctuary, wondering why he was taking so long.
- Luke 3:15 Everyone was expecting the Messiah to come soon, and they were eager to know whether John might be the Messiah.
- Luke 7:19 and he sent them to the Lord to ask him, “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”
- Luke 7:20 John’s two disciples found Jesus and said to him, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?’”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.