# G553 ἀπεκδέχομαι

ἀπεκδέχομαι (apekdéchomai), Strong’s G553: to expect fully KJV: look (wait) for. Occurs 8 times.

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*apekdéchomai* — to expect fully

KJV: look (wait) for

Built from [ἀπό apó](https://besorah.bible/word/G575) ("off," i.e. away) + [ἐκδέχομαι ekdéchomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G1551) (to accept from some source)

Occurs 8 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Romans 8:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/8?v=19) — For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
- [Romans 8:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/8?v=23) — Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves…
- [Romans 8:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/8?v=25) — But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
- [1 Corinthians 1:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/1?v=7) — so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,
- [Galatians 5:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/5?v=5) — For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
- [Philippians 3:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/philippians/3?v=20) — For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Yeshua the Messiah,
- [Hebrews 9:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/9?v=28) — so Messiah also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin…
- [1 Peter 3:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/3?v=20) — who before were disobedient when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ship was being built. In it, few…