What does προσδέχομαι · βασιλεία · θεός mean in the Bible?
προσδέχομαι · βασιλεία · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "waiting for the kingdom of God".
Greek · G4327, G932, G2316
προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ
To wait for/welcome · kingdom · God
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προσδέχομαι G4327 to wait for/welcome
Pronunciation prosdéchomai
Combines receiving favorably and expectant waiting; to welcome what one anticipates.
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βασιλεία G932 kingdom
Pronunciation basileía
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ (prosdechomenos tēn basileian tou theou) mean in the Bible?
προσδέχομαι · βασιλεία · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "waiting for the kingdom of God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4327, G932, G2316?
G4327, G932, G2316 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. waiting for the kingdom of God
Source Gloss
waiting for the kingdom of God
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 14 Tenses Present, Imperfect, Aorist Voices Middle
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 8×
Present Middle Acts 23:21 · Titus 2:13 · Jude 1:21 · Mark 15:43 · Luke 2:25 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 12:36 7×
Aorist Middle Heb 11:35 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Present Middle Luke 15:2 · Acts 24:15 2×
Imperfect Middle Luke 23:51 1×
Aorist Middle Heb 10:34 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Middle Rom 16:2 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Middle Phil 2:29 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 13 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 9 aorist 3 imperfect 1
Voice
middle 13
Mood
participle 7 indicative 4 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 2:25 προσδεχόμενος present middle participle participle Luke 2:38 προσδεχομένοις present middle participle participle Luke 12:36 προσδεχομένοις present middle participle participle Luke 15:2 προσδέχεται present middle indicative ongoing Luke 23:51 προσεδέχετο imperfect middle indicative background Acts 23:21 προσδεχόμενοι present middle participle participle Acts 24:15 προσδέχονται present middle indicative ongoing Romans 16:2 προσδέξησθε aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Philippians 2:29 προσδέχεσθε present middle imperative imperative Titus 2:13 προσδεχόμενοι present middle participle participle Hebrews 10:34 προσεδέξασθε aorist middle indicative completed Hebrews 11:35 προσδεξάμενοι aorist middle participle participle Jude 1:21 προσδεχόμενοι present middle 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
προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ 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