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Earnest expectation (ἀποκαραδοκία)
Only here and Phi 1:20. From ἀπό away κάρα the head, δοκεῖν to watch. A watching with the head erect or outstretched. Hence a waiting in suspense. Ἀπό from, implies abstraction, the attention turned from other objects. The classical student will recall the watchman in the opening of Aeschylus' “Agamemnon,” awaiting the beacon which is to announce the capture of Troy.
Creature (κτίσεως)
The word may signify either the creative act (as Rom 1:20), or the thing created (Mar 10:6; Mar 13:19; Mar 16:15; Col 1:23; Heb 4:13). See on 1Pe 2:13. Here in the latter sense. The interpretations vary: 1. The whole unredeemed creation, rational and irrational. 2. All creation, except humanity. The point of difference is the inclusion or exclusion of humanity. The second explanation is preferable, the non-rational creation viewed collectively, animate and inanimate. Equivalent to all nature.
Waiteth (ἀπεκδέχεται)
Only in Paul and Heb 9:28. The whole passage, with the expressions waiting, sighing, hoping, bondage, is poetical and prophetic. Compare Psa 19:2; Isa 11:6; Isa 14:8; Isa 55:12; Isa 65:17; Eze 31:15; 37.; Hab 2:11.