9 occurrences

'Expect' in the Bible

So Samson's bride cried on his shoulder and said, "You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution." He said to her, "Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?"

He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, "Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!" Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army.

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say, "the Lord declares," though the Lord has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed.

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מבּט מבּט 
Mabbat 
Usage: 3

תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

ἀποκαραδοκία 
Apokaradokia 
Usage: 2

ἐκδέχομαι 
Ekdechomai 
Usage: 8

προσδοκάω 
Prosdokao 
Usage: 14

προσδοκία 
Prosdokia 
Usage: 1

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