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To hope/expect

ἐλπίζωStrong’s G1679

elpizō

Appears in 31 verses of the New Testament

In short

Elpizō is the Greek word usually translated “hope”, “we have hope” and “hoping”. It appears in 31 verses of the New Testament.

“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”
1 Timothy 3:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “hope”, “we have hope” and “hoping”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i hope 10
  • will hope 2
  • we have hope 2
  • hoping 2
  • you expect 1
  • he was hoping 1
  • were hoping 1
  • have hoped 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 5
  • Romans 4
  • 1 Timothy 4
  • Luke 3
  • 1 Corinthians 3
  • Acts 2

14 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 31 verses, by book
Matthew 1
12:21
John 1
5:45
Acts 2
24:2626:7
1 Corinthians 3
13:715:1916:7
2 Corinthians 5
1:101:135:118:513:6
Philippians 2
2:192:23
1 Timothy 4
3:144:105:56:17
Philemon 1
1:22
Hebrews 1
11:1
1 Peter 2
1:133:5
2 John 1
1:12
3 John 1
1:14
Greek dictionary

ἐλπίζω elpizō · to hope/expect

ἐλπίζω [in LXX chiefly for בָּטַח, also for חָסָה, יָחַל pi., hi., etc. ;] to look for, expect, hope (for): with accusative of thing(s), Rom.8:24-25, 1Co.13:7, Heb.11:1; with dative of thing(s) (τ. τύχῃ, Thuc., iii, 97, 2), Mat.12:21; before καθώς, 2Co.8:5; with inf., Luk.6:34 23:8, Act.26:7, Rom.15:24, 1Co.16:7, 2Co.5:11, Php.2:19, 23, 1Ti.3:14, II Jn 12, 3Jn.14; before ὅτι, with pres., Luk.24:21; with fut., Act.24:26, 2Co.1:13 13:6, Phm 22. As in LXX (WM, § xxxiii, d; and esp. in the pf., Ellic. on 1Ti.4:10; Bl., § 59, 2), with prep.; εἰς, Jhn.5:45 (see Ellis., l.with), 1Pe.3:5; before ὅτι …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hope” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HOPE, noun

[Latin cupio.]

  1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety.“The hypocrite's hope shall perish” Job 8:13
  2. Confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God's gracious promises; a scriptural sense.
  3. That which gives hope; he or that which furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.“The Lord will be the hope of his people” Joel 3:16
  4. An opinion or belief not amounting to certainty, but grounded on substantial evidence.
All definitions and other forms of “hope”

    HOPE, verb intransitive

    1. To cherish a desire of food, with some expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable.“Be sober and hope to the end” 1 Peter 1:13
    2. To place confidence in; to trust in with confident expectation of good.“Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God” Psalms 42:11

    HOPE, verb transitive

    To desire with expectation of good, or a belief that it may be obtained. But as a transitive verb, it is seldom used, and the phrases in which it is so used are elliptical, for being understood.

      HOPE, noun

      A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Not in use.]

        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.