Definition

intense anticipation

Etymology

from a comparative of G575 (ἀπό) and a compound of (the head) and G1380 (δοκέω) (in the sense of watching);

Where the KJV renders it

• earnest expectation

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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