Topic
Expect; Expectation
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 10:28ISBE
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
- Luke 3:15ISBE
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
- Acts 3:5ISBE
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
- Romans 8:19ISBE
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
- Philippians 1:20ISBE
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
- Hebrews 10:13ISBE
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
- James 5:7ISBE
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
eks-pekt', eks-pek-ta'-shun:
Of the three Greek words, translated in the New Testament by "expect," prosdokao, meaning to look forward toward what will probably occur, whether in hope or dread (Ac 3:5; Lu 3:15), is not as intense as ekdechomai (Heb 10:13), meaning to wait for that of the realization of which one is assured ("as the husbandman waits for the processes of Nature (Jas 5:7), and the patriarchs for the Divine promise," Westcott), or as vivid as the noun apokaradokia (Ro 8:19; Php 1:20, "earnest expectation"), which describes the stretching forth of the head toward an object that is anticipated (see Ellicott on Php 1:20). In the Old Testament "expectation" always means that which is expected, as Pr 10:28, "The expectation of the wicked shall perish."
H. E. Jacobs
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.