prosdokao is to await or expect a person, event, or outcome that is anticipated.

The attested use describes directed expectation: people await someone’s arrival, inquire whether another is expected, or anticipate a future event or result. The same expectation can be hopeful or mistaken, as the surrounding clauses specify.

1. Awaiting an anticipated person, event, or outcome · dominant

   Present forms mark people awaiting Zechariah in Luke 1:21, Cornelius awaiting arriving visitors in Acts 10:24, and a crowd awaiting Jesus in Luke 8:40. The term also frames expectation of future results: in 2 Peter 3:13 the APB renders the clause "we look for new heavens and a new earth," while Acts 28:6 reports people expecting Paul to "swell up or suddenly fall down dead."

   Luke 1:21Acts 10:24Luke 8:402 Peter 3:13Acts 28:6Matthew 11:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the expectation as "looking for," "expecting," "waiting for," and "look for." These render the surrounding clauses’ anticipation of persons, events, or outcomes, but the translation does not align individual English words to the Greek form.