to wait for/welcome

Greek Verb

προσ-δέχομαι [in LXX chiefly for רָצָה;] 1) to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: with accusative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Rom.16:2, Php.2:29; with accusative of thing(s), Act.24:15 (R, mg.), Heb.10:34 11:35. 2) to expect, look for, wait for: with accusative of person(s), Luk.12:36; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.2:25, 38 23:51, Act.23:21, Tit.2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι). (AS)

to wait for/welcome

Greek Verb

προσδέχομαι, Ionic dialect προσδέκομαι: used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in Epic dialect present participle ποτιδέγμενος (see. below [Refs]: aorist 1 προσεδέχθην[Refs 4th c.BC+]:— receive favourably, accept, τὸ ἐκ Δελφῶν [χρηστήριον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. συμμαχίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν φιλίαν, τὰς διαλύσεις, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; receive hospitably, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) admit, ἐς τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; admit into one's presence, of a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a demos receiving foreign emissaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) admit to citizenship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ποία δὲ χέρνιψ φρατέρων προσδέξετα; [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ προσδεχθησόμενος εἰς τὴν στιβάδα [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) of the female, ἡ ἵππος π. τὸν ὄνον [Refs 5th c.BC+].έ. II.4) admit an argument, π. τὸ ψεῦδος, λόγον ἀληθῆ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πρόφασιν accept an excuse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.5) admit, be capable of, μήτε γένεσιν μήτε ὄλεθρον [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.6) undertake, προσδέχεσθαι μάλα χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἰήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; take a liability upon oneself, guarantee, τὸ ἀνάλωμα [Refs]; credit a sum to a person or an account, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III) await, expect, the only sense in [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ποτιδέγμενος waiting for or expecting, δῶρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὴν ὁρμήν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so later, προσδεκομένους τοιοῦτον οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδεχομένῳ ἦν τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἐγεσταίων was according to his expectation, [Refs]; π. τινός τι expect anything from anybody, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative et infinitive future, οὐδὲν πάντως προσεδέκοντο. τὸν στόλον ὁρμήσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle future, τοῦτον π. ἐπαναστησόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πανταχόθεν π. τοὺς πολεμίους await them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III.2) wait, ἥατ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. εἰ with optative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to admit (to intercourse, hospitality, credence, or (figuratively) endurance); by implication, to await (with confidence or patience); accept, allow, look (wait) for, take; from g4314 (πρός) and g1209 (δέχομαι)