'Expectation' in the Bible

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.