Dictionary entry

προσδέχομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

προσ-δέχομαι,

[in LXX chiefly for רצה;]

1. to receive to oneself, receive favourably, admit, accept: c. acc. pers., Lk 15:2, Ro 16:2, Phl 2:29; c. acc. rei, Ac 24:15 (R, mg.), He 10:3411:35.

2. to expect, look for, wait for: c. acc. pers., Lk 12:36; c. acc. rei, Mk 15:43, Lk 2:25, 3823:51, Ac 23:21, Tit 2:13, Ju 21 (cf. δέχομαι).†