G1551
ἐκδέχομαι
to wait for
ἐκ-δέχομαι [in LXX for עֶרֶב, קָבַץ, etc. ;] __1. to take or receive from (Hom., Hdt., a1.). __2. (Rare in cl.), to expect, await: with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.5:3, Heb.11:10, Jas.5:7; with accusative of person(s), Act.17:16, 1Co.11:33 16:11; before ἕως, Heb.10:13 (Cremer, 687).† (AS)
The KJV translates G1551 in the following manner:
for (8x), waited (4x), expecting (2x), one (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἐκδέχομαι — ekdéchomai
ἐκδέχομαι; imperfect ἐξεδεχομην; (ἐκ from some person or quarter);
1. to receive, accept ((Homer), Aeschylus, Herodotus, and following).
2. to look for, expect, wait for, await: τί, Joh 5:3 R L; Heb 11:10; Jas 5:7; τινα, Act 17:16; 1Co 16:11; ἀλλήλους ἐκδέχεσθε wait for one another, namely, until each shall have received his food, 1Co 11:33, cf. 1Co 11:21; followed by ἕως etc. Heb 10:13; (absolutely, 1Pe 3:20 Rec., but see Tdf.s note at the passage). Rarely with this meaning in secular authors, as Sophocles Phil. 123; Apollod. 1, 9, 27 § 3; ἕως ἄν γένηται τί, Dionysius Halicarnassus 6, 67. (Compare: ἀπεκδέχομαι. Cf. δέχομαι, at the end.)
7 occurrences
John (1), Acts (1), I Corinthians (2), Hebrews (2), James (1)