προσδοκία (
prosdokía｜
pros-dok-ee'-ah｜
noun｜
expectation)
[Grk]
προσδοκία LN: 30.55 GK: G4660 Hebrew: יִקָּהָה,
שֵׂבֶר
Derivation: from
προσδοκάω;
Strong's: apprehension (of evil); by implication, infliction anticipated
KJV: --expectation, looking after.
See: προσδοκάω προσδοκ-ία, ἡ,
looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear,
1 c. gen., μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, Pl. La. 198b, Ti. 70c; π. τοῦ μέλλοντος Arist. PA 669a21; τὸν φόβον ὁρίζονται π. κακοῦ Id. EN 1115a9: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν X. Cyr. 1.6.19 (pl.); τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π . D. 18.281; π. μεγάλην ἔχειν ὡς εὖ ἐροῦντος ἐμοῦ Pl. Smp. 194a; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e. the fulfilment of the expectations raised, Aeschin. 2.178 .
2. abs., τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων D. 19.24; αἱ ἔσχαται π . D.S. 20.78 .
3. folld. by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (sc. ἦν ) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν Th. 2.93; π. οὔσης μή τι νεωτερίσωσιν Id. 5.14; προσδοκίαν παρέχειν ὡς . . Id. 7.12; π. ἐμποιεῖν ὡς . . Isoc. 8.6 .
4. with Preps., πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to expectation, Th. 6.63; κατὰ τὴν π . Pl. Sph. 264b; opp. παρὰ προσδοκίαν, which is used of a kind of joke freq. in Com., e.g. ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ - χίμεθλα (where πέδιλα was expected ), Demetr. Eloc. 152, Hermog. Meth. 34, Tib. Fig. 16: generally, τὸ παρὰ π. ἐξαπίναιον Phld. Herc. 1251.19 .
προσδοκία prosdokia 2x
a looking for, expectation, anticipation, [Luk 21:26]; meton. expectation, what is expected or anticipated, [Act 12:11]
G4329 — προσδοκία
προσδοκίας, ἡ (προσδοκάω), from Thucydides and Xenophon down, expectation (whether of good or of evil): joined to φόβος (Plutarch, Ant. 75: Demetr. 15) with a genitive of the object added (Winer's Grammar, § 50, 7 b.), [Luk 21:26]; τοῦ λαοῦ (genitive of subject), the expectation of the people respecting Peter's execution, [Act 12:11].
προσδοκία , - ας , ἡ
( < ιροσδοκάω ),
[in LXX : [Gen 49:10] (H3349), [Psa 119:116] (H7664) Wis 17:13 , Sir 40:2 , al. ;]
expectation: c . gen . obj., [Luk 21:26]; c . gen . subjc ., [Act 12:11]. †