KJV dictionary & concordance
Remaining or attending in expectation, readiness, or service.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 8:25
Complete exact-word concordance
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
And from the age of fiftie yeeres they shall cease waiting vpon the seruice thereof, and shall serue no more:
1611 marginal noteHebr. returne from the warfare of the seruice
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Blessed is the man that heareth me: watching daily at my gates, waiting at the postes of my doores.
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
And behold, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon, and the same man was iust and deuout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the holy Ghost was vpon him.
And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
And it came to passe, that when Iesus was returned, the people gladly receiued him: for they were all waiting for him.
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folke, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the mouing of the water.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
And not only they, but our selues also which haue the first fruites of the spirit, euen we our selues groane within our selues, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
1611 marginal noteLuke 21.28.
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
So that yee come behinde in no gift; wayting for the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ,
1611 marginal noteGr. Reuelation.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the loue of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
1611 marginal noteOr, the patience of Christ.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Staying or attending in expectation or service; in attendance.
