Definition

to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await

Etymology

from G4314 (πρός) and dokeuo (to watch);

Where the KJV renders it

• (be in) expect(-ation)
• look (for)
• when looked
• tarry
• wait for

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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