G4327 προσδέχομαι
prosdéchomai — to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience)
KJV: accept, allow, look (wait) for, take
Built from πρός prós (a preposition of direction) + δέχομαι déchomai (to receive)
Occurs 59 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went…
- Luke 2:25 — Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the…
- Luke 2:38 — Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption…
- Luke 12:36 — Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may…
- Luke 15:2 — The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”
- Luke 23:51 — (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Judeans, who was also waiting for…
- Acts 23:21 — Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to…
- Acts 24:15 — having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of…
- Romans 16:2 — that you receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of the holy ones, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may…
- Philippians 2:29 — Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,