To despair
ἀπελπίζωStrong’s G0560apelpizō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Apelpizō is the Greek word usually translated “expecting in return”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”
Meaning
Usually translated “expecting in return”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- expecting in return 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἀπελπίζω apelpizō · to despair
ἀπ-ελπίζω [in LXX: Isa.29:19 (אֶבְיוֹן), Jdth.9:11, Est.4:17, Sir.22:21 27:21, 2Ma.9:18 * ;] 1. to give up in despair, despair of (Polyb., Diod., LXX). 2. to hope to receive from or in return (Field, Notes, 59; Cremer, 712; Soph., Lex., see word): with accusative (M; Pr., 65; MM, see word), Luk.6:35.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “despair” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESPAIR, noun
- Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation.“We are perplexed, but not in despair” 2 Corinthians 4:8
- That which causes despair; that of which there is no hope.
- Loss of hope in the mercy of God.
All definitions and other forms of “despair”
DESPAIR, verb intransitive
[Latin To hope.]
To be without hope; to hive up all hope or expectation; followed by of.
- “We despaired even of life” 2 Corinthians 1:8
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.