What does ἀποκαραδοκία (apokaradokía) mean in the Bible?
ἀποκαραδοκία (apokaradokía): Eager, anxious watching with strained attention—creation and Paul's expectation of Christ's vindication.
Greek · G603
ἀποκαραδοκία
Intense anticipation
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ἀποκαραδοκία G603
Pronunciation apokaradokía
What does ἀποκαραδοκία (apokaradokía) mean in the Bible?
ἀποκαραδοκία (apokaradokía): Eager, anxious watching with strained attention—creation and Paul's expectation of Christ's vindication.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G603?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eagerly expect (1), in eager expectation (1).
Where does ἀποκαραδοκία (apokaradokía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 8:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It eagerly expect 1× Philippians 1:20
in eager expectation 1× Romans 8:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 8:19
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
ἀποκαραδοκία 1x apokaradokia Romans 8:19
ἀποκαραδοκίαν 1x apokaradokian Philippians 1:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 1:20
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 8:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Eager, anxious watching with strained attention—creation and Paul's expectation of Christ's vindication.
Strong's G603
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 1:18b–26 Source Gloss
intense anticipation
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Eager, anxious watching with strained attention—creation and Paul's expectation of Christ's vindication.
(ἀποκαραδοκέω, used by Aq. in Psa.37:7 for חוּל; ἀπό, κάρα the head, δοκέω, in Ion., to watch), to watch with outstretched head, watch anxiously (Polyb., π.; see Deiss., LAE, 374.5, 377 f.), Rom.8:19, Php.1:20 (Lft., in l; Cremer, 177).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 8:19 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀποκαραδοκία apokaradokia
eager expectation
Read verse Philippians 1:20 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀποκαραδοκίαν apokaradokian
eager expectation
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 8:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Phil 1:20 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Paul's intense anticipation of Christ's exaltation through his vindication or martyrdom
Creation's anxious longing for the revelation of God's sons and liberation from corruption
Word Origins
ἀποκαραδοκία is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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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