Quick Definition
a waiting for, expectation
Strong's Definition
expectation
Derivation: from G1551 (ἐκδέχομαι);
KJV Usage: looking for
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκδοχή, ἐκδοχης, ἡ (ἐκδέχομαι), the act or manner of receiving from; hence, in secular authors.
1. reception.
2. succession.
3. (a taking in a certain sense, i. e.) interpretation.
4. once in the sacred writings, expectation, awaiting (cf. ἐκδέχομαι, 2): Heb_10:27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκδοχή ekdochē 1x
a looking for, expectation, Heb_10:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐκ -δοχή ῆς , ἡ
( < ἐκδέχομαι );
1. in cl ,,
(a) a receiving from, succession;
(b) an interpretation.
2. In NT, = προσδοκία , ex\-pectation: Heb_10:27 ( cf. Field, Notes , 231; Cremer , 688).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐκδοχή [page 193]
ἐκδοχή is used = interpretation in P Par 63 .86 (B.C. 164) (= P Petr III. P. 24) παιδαριώδη τὴν τοῦ προστάγματος ἐ̣γδοκὴν ποιησαμένους , after having made the interpretation of the decree puerile, Syll 256 .18 ( c. B.C. 200) τὴν ἐκδοχὴν τοῦ χρησμοῦ ταύτην λαβόντες . We have no light to throw upon the use of ἐ . = προσδοκία in Heb_10:27 , the only place where it occurs in the NT, but see s.v. ἐκδέχομαι and cf. Field Notes , p. 231. For the title ἐκδοχεύς see OGIS 140 .8 with the editor s note.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκδοχή ἐκδοχή, ἡ, [Etym: ἐκδέχομαι] "a receiving from another, succession", Aesch. , Eur. = προσδοκία, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐκ-δοχή ῆς, ἡ
(ἐκδέχομαι);
__1. in cl.,
__(a) a receiving from, succession;
__(b) an interpretation.
__2. In NT, = προσδοκία, expectation: Heb.10:27 (cf. Field, Notes, 231; Cremer, 688).†
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