Lexical Summary ekdochē: a receiving from, expectation Original Word: ἐκδοχήTransliteration: ekdochē Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dokh-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a receiving from, expectation Meaning: a receiving from, expectation Strong's Concordance expectationFrom ekdechomai; expectation -- looking foreign see GREEK ekdechomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1561: ἐκδοχήἐκδοχή, ἐκδοχης, ἡ (ἐκδέχομαι), the act or manner of receiving from; hence, in secular authors. 1. reception. 2. succession. 3. (a taking in a certain sense, i. e.) interpretation. 4. once in the sacred writings, expectation, awaiting (cf. ἐκδέχομαι, 2): Hebrews 10:27. |