Lexical Summary apokaradokia: strained expectancy Original Word: ἀποκαραδοκίαTransliteration: apokaradokia Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok-ar-ad-ok-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: strained expectancy Meaning: strained expectancy Strong's Concordance earnest expectation. From a comparative of apo and a compound of kara (the head) and dokeo (in the sense of watching); intense anticipation -- earnest expectation. see GREEK apo see GREEK dokeo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 603: ἀποκαραδοκίαἀποκαραδοκία, ἀποκαραδοκιας, ἡ (from ἀποκαραδόκειν, and this from ἀπό, κάρα, the head, and δοκεῖν in the Ionic dialect, to watch; hence, καραδόκειν (Herodotus 7. 163, 168; Xenophon, mem. 3, 5, 6; Euripides, others) to watch with head erect or outstretched, to direct attention to anything, to wait for in suspense; ἀποκαραδόκειν (Polybius 16, 2, 8; 18, 31, 4; 22, 19, 3; (Plutarch, parall., p. 310, 43, vol. vii., p. 235, Reiske edition); Josephus, b. j. 3, 7, 26, and in Psalm 36:7 |
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