"to await, expect" (pros, "to" or "towards," dokeo, "to think, be of opinion"), is translated "to look for," e.g., in Matthew 11:3; 2—Peter 3:12,13,14; the RV renders it by the verb "to expect, to be in expectation," in some instances, as does the AV in Luke 3:15; Acts 3:5 , See EXPECT.
"to receive favorably," also means "to expect," and is rendered "to look for," e.g., in Luke 2:38; 23:51; Acts 24:15 , RV (AV, "allow"); Titus 2:13; Jude 1:21 . See ACCEPT , A, No. 3, ALLOW, No. 4.
primarily "to receive from another," hence, "to expect, to await," is translated "he looked for" in Hebrews 11:10; in 1—Corinthians 16:11 , AV, "I look for" (RV, "I expect"). See EXPECT , No. 1.
Philippians 3:20Hebrews 9:28WAIT. Acts 28:6akin to A, No. 1, is translated "a looking after" in Luke 21:26 , AV ("expectation," as in Acts 12:11 , AV and RV). See EXPECTATION.
akin to A, No. 3, is translated "looking for" in Hebrews 10:27 , AV. See EXPECTATION.
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