What does ἡμέρα · προσδοκάω mean in the Bible?
ἡμέρα · προσδοκάω is a Greek phrase meaning "on a day he does not expect".
Greek · G2250, G4328
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ
Day · to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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προσδοκάω G4328 to anticipate (in thought, hope or fear); by implication, to await
Pronunciation prosdokáō
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What does ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ (en hēmera hē ou prosdoka) mean in the Bible?
ἡμέρα · προσδοκάω is a Greek phrase meaning "on a day he does not expect".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2250, G4328?
G2250, G4328 is connected to 389 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. on a day he does not expect
Source Gloss
on a day he does not expect
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 389 Case pattern Dative (133) Number pattern Singular (224)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 9:15 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 24:22 · Matt 24:37 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 8:2 · Mark 13:19 · Luke 1:23 · Luke 2:6 · Luke 2:21 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 5:35 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 13:14 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 19:43 26×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 6:13 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 21:34 · Luke 22:7 · Luke 22:66 · Luke 23:54 · Luke 24:29 · John 9:4 · John 19:31 · Acts 27:33 · Acts 27:39 · Rom 13:12 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 2 Cor 6:2 · 1 Thess 5:2 · 1 Thess 5:4 23×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:12 · Matt 22:46 · Matt 24:36 · Matt 24:38 · Matt 26:29 · Matt 27:64 · Matt 28:15 · Mark 5:5 · Mark 6:21 · Mark 13:32 · Mark 14:25 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 1:80 · Luke 2:44 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 17:4 59×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:12 · Matt 24:29 · Matt 26:61 · Mark 2:1 · Mark 14:58 · Luke 5:17 · Luke 8:22 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 20:1 · John 12:1 · Acts 1:3 · Acts 5:36 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 15:7 · Acts 20:6 · Acts 21:26 22×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:34 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 10:15 · Matt 11:22 · Matt 11:24 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 13:1 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 17:23 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 22:23 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 24:50 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 4:35 · Mark 14:12 84×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 2:1 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 24:19 · Matt 24:38 · Matt 27:40 · Mark 1:9 · Mark 8:1 · Mark 13:17 · Mark 13:24 · Mark 15:29 · Luke 1:5 · Luke 1:7 · Luke 1:18 · Luke 1:25 · Luke 1:39 49×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 4:2 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 26:2 · Matt 27:63 · Matt 28:20 · Mark 1:13 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 9:2 · Mark 9:31 · Mark 10:34 · Mark 13:20 · Mark 14:1 · Luke 1:24 · Luke 2:43 · Luke 2:46 68×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:2 · Matt 20:6 · Matt 25:13 · Matt 26:55 · Mark 4:27 · Mark 14:49 · Luke 2:37 · Luke 9:23 · Luke 11:3 · Luke 16:19 · Luke 19:47 · Luke 22:53 · Luke 24:21 · John 1:39 · John 8:56 · John 12:7 58×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 12 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 11 imperfect 1
Voice
active 12
Mood
indicative 7 participle 5
NT Occurrences
Matthew 11:3 προσδοκῶμεν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 24:50 προσδοκᾷ present active indicative ongoing Luke 3:15 Προσδοκῶντος present active participle participle Luke 7:19 προσδοκῶμεν present active indicative ongoing Luke 7:20 προσδοκῶμεν present active indicative ongoing Luke 12:46 προσδοκᾷ present active indicative ongoing Acts 3:5 προσδοκῶν present active participle participle Acts 27:33 προσδοκῶντες present active participle participle Acts 28:6 προσεδόκων imperfect active indicative background Acts 28:6 προσδοκώντων present active participle participle 2 Peter 3:13 προσδοκῶμεν present active indicative ongoing 2 Peter 3:14 προσδοκῶντες present active participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain