G4327
προσδέχομαι
to wait for/welcome
προσ-δέχομαι [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה ;] __1. to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: with accusative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Rom.16:2, Php.2:29; with accusative of thing(s), Act.24:15 (R, mg.), Heb.10:34 11:35. __2. to expect, look for, wait for: with accusative of person(s), Luk.12:36; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.2:25, 38 23:51, Act.23:21, Tit.2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι).† (AS)
The KJV translates G4327 in the following manner:
for (8x), accepting (2x), allow (2x), looked (2x), receive (2x), Receive (2x), receiveth (2x), took (2x), wait (2x), waited (2x), waiting (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
προσδέχομαι — prosdéchomai
προσδέχομαι; deponent middle; imperfect προσεδεχόμην; 1 aorist προσεδεξαμην;
1. as in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, "to receive to oneself, to admit, to give access to oneself': τινα, to admit one, receive into contact and companionship, τούς ἁμαρτωλούς, Luk 15:2; to receive one (coming from some place), Rom 16:2; Php 2:29 (1Ch 12:18); τί, to accept (not to reject) a thing offered: οὐ προσδεξάμενοι, to reject, Heb 11:35; προσδέχονται ἐλπίδα, to admit (accept) hope, i. e. not to repudiate but to entertain, embrace, its substance, Act 24:15 (others refer this to the next head (R. V. text look for)); not to shun, to bear, an impending evil (A. V. took the spoiling etc.), Heb 10:34.
2. as from Homer down, to expect (A. V. look for, trait for): τινα, Luk 12:36; τί, Mar 15:43; Luk 2:25; Luk 2:38; Luk 23:51; (Act 23:21); Tit 2:13; Jud 1:21; τάς ἐπαγγελίας, the fulfilment of the promises, Heb 11:13 Lachmann (Cf. δέχομαι, at the endl
14 occurrences
Mark (1), Luke (5), Acts (2), Romans (1), Philippians (1), Titus (1), Hebrews (2), Jude (1)