noun · feminine
prosdokias
Greekπροσδοκία (prosdokia)
Strong’sG4329
expectation, waiting
stem prosdoki-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
προσδοκία, -ας, ἡ
(< προσδοκάω), [in LXX: Ge 49:10 (יִקְהָה), Ps 118 (119):116 (שֵׂבֶר), Wi 17:13, Si 40:2, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4329 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-dok-ee'-ah
apprehension (of evil); by implication, infliction anticipated
Fromfrom G4328;
King Jamesexpectation, looking after.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prosdokias | prosdokiais |
| object accusative | prosdokian | prosdokiain |
| direct address vocative | prosdokiar | prosdokiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prosdokiau2×προσδοκίας | prosdokiaiu |
| to, for dative | prosdokia | prosdokiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
prosdokia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
prosdokiau“expecting”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 21:26“expectation”apopsucharōtoiu anthrōpoiu apo fobou kai prosdokiau teiu epercherōteiu ta oikoumena, tais gar dunamiais toiu ouranoiu saleuili.Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Acts 12:11“expecting”kai tos Petros en heauto gineratos legata; Nun oidamē alēthōs hoti exapostelata tos kurios ton angelon autou kai exaireta min ek cheirau Hērōdou kai pantau tau prosdokiau tou laou toiu Ioudaioiu.Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”