# G1551 ἐκδέχομαι

ἐκδέχομαι (ekdéchomai), Strong’s G1551: to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await KJV: expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for). Occurs 18 times.

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*ekdéchomai* — to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await

KJV: expect, look (tarry) for, wait (for)

Built from [ἐκ ek](https://besorah.bible/word/G1537) (literal or figurative) + [δέχομαι déchomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G1209) (to receive)

Occurs 18 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 17:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/17?v=16) — Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
- [1 Corinthians 11:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=33) — Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
- [1 Corinthians 16:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/16?v=11) — Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him…
- [Hebrews 10:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/10?v=13) — from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
- [Hebrews 11:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/11?v=10) — For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- [Jacob 5:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/5?v=7) — Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the…
- [Sirach 6:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/6?v=33) — If you love to hear, you will receive. If you incline your ear, you will be wise.
- [Sirach 35:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/35?v=14) — 
- [3 Maccabees 3:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/3?v=22) — All this, however, they have taken in a very different spirit. With their innate malignity, they have spurned the fair…
- [3 Maccabees 5:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/5?v=26) — The sun’s rays were not yet shining and the king was waiting for his friends when Hermon came to him, calling him out…