Strong G1680ἐλπίς
hope
- Transliteration
- elpis
- Pronunciation
- el-pece'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Fromἔλπω elpō which is a primary word (to anticipate usually with pleasure);
expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: - faith hope.
expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: - faith hope.
Detailed definition
ἐλπίς
(ἑλ-, Rom.8:20, WH, see Bl., § 4, 3; M, Pr., 44), -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX for בָּטַח and its derivatives, תִּקְוָה (frequently in Jb), etc.;]
expectation (in cl., rarely of evil, mostly of good, and so always in NT), hope;
1. of hope in general: 2Co.1:6; with genitive obj., Act.16:19; art. inf., Act.27:20, 1Co.9:10; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα, Rom.4:18; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, 1Co.9:10.
2. Of religious hope: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, Act.2:26 26:6, Rom.4:18 8:20, Tit.1:2; τῇ ἐ. ἐσώθημεν, Rom.8:24; κατ᾽ ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου, Tit.3:7; of the Messianic hope of Israel, Act.23:6 26:6-7 28:20; of Christian hope, Rom.5:2-5 12:12 15:4, 13, 1Co.13:13, 2Th.2:16, Heb.3:6 6:11 7:19 10:23, 1Pe.1:3 1:21 3:15; with genitive obj., Rom.5:2, Col.1:27, 1Th.1:3 5:8, Tit.1:2; with genitive of that on which the hope is based, Act.26:6, Eph.1:18 4:4, Col.1:23; ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἐ., Rom.15:13; ἔχειν ἐ. (= cl. ἐλπίζειν), Act.24:15, Rom.15:4, 2Co.3:12 10:15, Eph.2:12, 1Th.4:13; before ἐπί, with dative, 1Jn.3:3; εἰς, Act.24:15; ὅτι, Rom.8:20, Php.1:20-21. Meton.,
__(a) of the author or ground of hope (cl.): 1Th.2:19, 1Ti.1:1; with genitive obj., Col.1:27;
__(b) of the thing hoped for: Gal.5:5, Col.1:5, Tit.2:13, Heb.6:18 (Cremer, 252, 712).†
(AS)
(ἑλ-, Rom.8:20, WH, see Bl., § 4, 3; M, Pr., 44), -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX for בָּטַח and its derivatives, תִּקְוָה (frequently in Jb), etc.;]
expectation (in cl., rarely of evil, mostly of good, and so always in NT), hope;
1. of hope in general: 2Co.1:6; with genitive obj., Act.16:19; art. inf., Act.27:20, 1Co.9:10; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα, Rom.4:18; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, 1Co.9:10.
2. Of religious hope: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, Act.2:26 26:6, Rom.4:18 8:20, Tit.1:2; τῇ ἐ. ἐσώθημεν, Rom.8:24; κατ᾽ ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου, Tit.3:7; of the Messianic hope of Israel, Act.23:6 26:6-7 28:20; of Christian hope, Rom.5:2-5 12:12 15:4, 13, 1Co.13:13, 2Th.2:16, Heb.3:6 6:11 7:19 10:23, 1Pe.1:3 1:21 3:15; with genitive obj., Rom.5:2, Col.1:27, 1Th.1:3 5:8, Tit.1:2; with genitive of that on which the hope is based, Act.26:6, Eph.1:18 4:4, Col.1:23; ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἐ., Rom.15:13; ἔχειν ἐ. (= cl. ἐλπίζειν), Act.24:15, Rom.15:4, 2Co.3:12 10:15, Eph.2:12, 1Th.4:13; before ἐπί, with dative, 1Jn.3:3; εἰς, Act.24:15; ὅτι, Rom.8:20, Php.1:20-21. Meton.,
__(a) of the author or ground of hope (cl.): 1Th.2:19, 1Ti.1:1; with genitive obj., Col.1:27;
__(b) of the thing hoped for: Gal.5:5, Col.1:5, Tit.2:13, Heb.6:18 (Cremer, 252, 712).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1680 appears in 48 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hope47
- of2
- faith1
First verses
- Acts 2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
- Acts 16:19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
- Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
- Acts 24:15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Acts 26:6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
- Acts 26:7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- Acts 28:20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Romans 4:18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
- Romans 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 5:4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
- Romans 5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
- Romans 8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
- Romans 8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
- Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
- Romans 15:4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
- Romans 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
- 1 Corinthians 9:10Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
- 2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐλπ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
(see. ἔλπω) hope, expectation (δόξα μελλόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 644c), ἔτι γὰρ καὶ ἐλπίδος αἶσα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.101, 19.84; personified, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 96: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.49, etc.)]; πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων after the wreck of many hopes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 505; ἔτι ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰσὶν ἐλπίδες, νέοι γάρ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328d; κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 478)]; expectancy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 771 (_plural_), “OC” 1749 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.32 (_plural_), etc.:)] —Constr., in _Attic dialect_, with _genitive_ both of subject and object, as (where both are conjoined) Πελοποννησίων τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ ναυτικοῦ the hope of the P.in their navy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; also αἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐς ὑμᾶς ἐλπίδες [prev. author] 3.14)]; ὑμέτεραι ἐλπίδες,= ἐς ὑμᾶς, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.69)]; ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχω, ={ἐλπίζω}, with future infinitive, μὴ οὐ δώσειν δίκην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, etc.)]: with aorist infinitive, κλέος εὑρέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.111: with ὡς)] and future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 385; ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 52; περὶ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ψυχῆς οὐ πολλὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχω 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.27)]; ἐν ἐλπίδι εἰμί, with future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.46; ἐν ἐλπίσι καλαῖς γενόμενος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 40)]; ἐλπίς [ἐστί] μοι with accusative and future infinitive or aorist, ἐλπίς τις αὐτὸν ἥξειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 679; τοσοῦτόν γ᾽ ἐστί μοι τῆς ἐλπίδος, τὸν ἄνδρα.. προσμεῖναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 836; πλείων ἐλπὶς φιλίαν ἢ ἔχθραν γενέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232e)]: with present infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 250e: followed by ὡς.., 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 487; ἐς ἐλπίδα ἐλθεῖν τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.56; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδας ἀφανεῖς καθίστασθαι [prev. author] 5.103; ἐλπίδα λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.7)]; ἐλπίδας μεγάλας ἔν τινι ἔχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.4.25, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.121)]; τίν᾽ ὑπάγεις μ᾽ ἐς ἐλπίδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 826)]; ἐλπίδας ἐμποιεῖν ἀνθρώποις, ὑποθεῖναί τισι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.19, “HG” 4.8.28; ἐλπίδας μεγίστας παρέχεται ποιῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193d)]; ἐλπίδα or ἐλπίδας ὑπογράφειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.36.1; ἀποκεκομμένης τῆς ἐλπίδος [prev. author] 3.63.8, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1272)]; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond hope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 330; ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος πεσεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 999)]; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 899, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 882: proverbial, πεινῶμεν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 123.7; κάπτοντες αὔρας ἐλπίδας σιτούμενοι 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 10.7; αἱ δ᾽ ἐλπίδες βόσκουσι τοὺς κενούς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 42.)]
2 object of hope, a hope, Ὀρέστης, ἐ. δόμων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 776)]; ὑμεῖς, ἡ μόνη ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.57)]; Εὔτυχος, ἡ γονέων ἐ. [Refs (“IG” 3.1311.)]
3 reason to expect or believe, πολλὴ ἐ. κτήσασθαι, νοητὸν εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67b, “Lg.” 898d.)]
II anxious thought on the future, boding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1434, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 267, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 859, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 644c.)]
(see. ἔλπω) hope, expectation (δόξα μελλόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 644c), ἔτι γὰρ καὶ ἐλπίδος αἶσα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.101, 19.84; personified, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 96: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.49, etc.)]; πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων after the wreck of many hopes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 505; ἔτι ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰσὶν ἐλπίδες, νέοι γάρ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328d; κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 478)]; expectancy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 771 (_plural_), “OC” 1749 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.32 (_plural_), etc.:)] —Constr., in _Attic dialect_, with _genitive_ both of subject and object, as (where both are conjoined) Πελοποννησίων τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ ναυτικοῦ the hope of the P.in their navy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89; also αἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐς ὑμᾶς ἐλπίδες [prev. author] 3.14)]; ὑμέτεραι ἐλπίδες,= ἐς ὑμᾶς, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.69)]; ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχω, ={ἐλπίζω}, with future infinitive, μὴ οὐ δώσειν δίκην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, etc.)]: with aorist infinitive, κλέος εὑρέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.111: with ὡς)] and future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 385; ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 52; περὶ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ψυχῆς οὐ πολλὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχω 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.27)]; ἐν ἐλπίδι εἰμί, with future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.46; ἐν ἐλπίσι καλαῖς γενόμενος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 40)]; ἐλπίς [ἐστί] μοι with accusative and future infinitive or aorist, ἐλπίς τις αὐτὸν ἥξειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 679; τοσοῦτόν γ᾽ ἐστί μοι τῆς ἐλπίδος, τὸν ἄνδρα.. προσμεῖναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 836; πλείων ἐλπὶς φιλίαν ἢ ἔχθραν γενέσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232e)]: with present infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sph.” 250e: followed by ὡς.., 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 487; ἐς ἐλπίδα ἐλθεῖν τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.56; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδας ἀφανεῖς καθίστασθαι [prev. author] 5.103; ἐλπίδα λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.7)]; ἐλπίδας μεγάλας ἔν τινι ἔχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.4.25, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.121)]; τίν᾽ ὑπάγεις μ᾽ ἐς ἐλπίδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 826)]; ἐλπίδας ἐμποιεῖν ἀνθρώποις, ὑποθεῖναί τισι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.19, “HG” 4.8.28; ἐλπίδας μεγίστας παρέχεται ποιῆσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193d)]; ἐλπίδα or ἐλπίδας ὑπογράφειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.36.1; ἀποκεκομμένης τῆς ἐλπίδος [prev. author] 3.63.8, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1272)]; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond hope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 330; ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδος πεσεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 999)]; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 899, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 882: proverbial, πεινῶμεν ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 123.7; κάπτοντες αὔρας ἐλπίδας σιτούμενοι 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 10.7; αἱ δ᾽ ἐλπίδες βόσκουσι τοὺς κενούς 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 42.)]
2 object of hope, a hope, Ὀρέστης, ἐ. δόμων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 776)]; ὑμεῖς, ἡ μόνη ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.57)]; Εὔτυχος, ἡ γονέων ἐ. [Refs (“IG” 3.1311.)]
3 reason to expect or believe, πολλὴ ἐ. κτήσασθαι, νοητὸν εἶναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67b, “Lg.” 898d.)]
II anxious thought on the future, boding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1434, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 267, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 859, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 644c.)]