Words the Bible translates as wait for
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
+1 more meaning
- to welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
- tsaphahצָפָהto keep watch: to fix one's eyes on something with alert, purposeful attention
- prosdokaōπροσδοκάωto wait for or expect something one is sure is coming: to look ahead to a person's arrival or an event's outcome
- ekdechomaiἐκδέχομαιto wait for someone or something, staying put in the settled expectation that what is awaited will actually come.
- ḥakhahחָכָהto wait: to hold still in expectation, counting on someone or something to come or to act
- apekdechomaiἀπεκδέχομαιto wait for something eagerly: to keep looking for what has been promised and is certain to come, but is not here yet
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