Strong's Lexicon elpizó: To hope, to expect, to trust Original Word: ἐλπίζω Word Origin: Derived from the Greek noun ἐλπίς (elpis), meaning "hope" or "expectation." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H3176 (yachal): To wait, hope, expect - H8615 (tiqvah): Hope, expectation Usage: In the New Testament, "elpizó" conveys the sense of having a confident expectation or trust in something or someone. It is often used in the context of a believer's hope in God and His promises. This hope is not a mere wishful thinking but a firm assurance based on faith. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, hope was often seen as an uncertain expectation, but in the biblical context, "elpizó" carries a much stronger connotation of certainty and trust. The early Christians lived in a time of persecution and uncertainty, making the concept of hope in God's promises a central and comforting theme in their faith. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 1679 elpízō (from 1680 /elpís, "hope") – to hope, actively waiting for God's fulfillment about the faith He has inbirted through the power of His love (cf. Gal 5:6 with Heb 11:1). See 1680 (elpis). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom elpomai (to anticipate, expect) Definition to expect, to hope (for) NASB Translation expect (1), expected (1), fix...hope (2), fixed...hope (2), hope (13), hoped (3), hopes (1), hoping (4), set...hope (2), trust (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1679: ἐλπίζωἐλπίζω; imperfect ἠλπιζον; Attic future ἐλπιῶ (Matthew 12:21, and often in the Sept. ((whence in Romans 15:12); cf. Buttmann, 37 (32); Winer's Grammar, § 13, 1 c.); the common form ἐλπίσω does not occur in Biblical Greek); 1 aorist ἤλπισα; perfect ἠλπικα; (present passive ἐλπίζομαι); (ἐλπίς, which see); the Sept. for בָּטַח to trust; חָסָה to flee for refuge; יִחֵל to wait, to hope; to hope (in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full of confidence): τί, Romans 8:24; 1 Corinthians 13:7; (τά) ἐλπιζομενα, things hoped for, Hebrews 11:1 (but WH marginal reading connect ἐλπιζομένων with the following πραγμάτων); once with the dative of the object on which the hope rests, hopefully to trust in: τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ (as in secular authors once τῇ τύχῃ, Thucydides 3, 97, 2), Matthew 12:21 G L T Tr WH (cf. Buttmann, 176 (153)); καθώς, 2 Corinthians 8:5. followed by an infinitive relating to the subject of the verb ἐλπίζω (cf. Winers Grammar, 331 (311); Buttmann, 259 (223)): Luke 6:34; Luke 23:8; Acts 26:7; Romans 15:24; 1 Corinthians 16:7; Philippians 2:(19),23; 1 Timothy 3:14; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:14; followed by a perfect infinitive 2 Corinthians 5:11; followed by ὅτι with a present Luke 24:21; ὅτι with a future, Acts 24:26; 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 13:6; Philemon 1:22. Peculiar to Biblical Greek is the construction of this verb with prepositions and a case of noun or pronoun (cf. Buttmann, 175f (152f) (cf. 337 (290); Winer's Grammar, § 33, d.; Ellicott on 1 Timothy 4:10)): εἰς τινα, to direct hope unto one, John 5:45 (perfect ἠλπίκατε, in whom you have put your hope, and rely upon it (Winer's Grammar, § 40, 4 a.)); 1 Peter 3:5 L T Tr WH; with addition of ὅτι with future 2 Corinthians 1:10 (L text Tr WH brackets ὅτι, and so detach the following clause); ἐπί τίνι, to build hope on one, as on a foundation (often in the Sept.): Romans 15:12 (from Isaiah 11:10); 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:17; ἐν τίνι, to repose hope in one, 1 Corinthians 15:19; followed by infinitive Philippians 2:19; ἐπί with according to direct hope toward something: ἐπί τί, to hope to receive something, 1 Peter 1:13; ἐπί τόν Θεόν, of those who hope for something from God, 1 Peter 3:5 R G; 1 Timothy 5:5, (and often in the Sept.). (Compare: ἀπελπίζω, προελπίζω.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance hope, expectFrom elpis; to expect or confide -- (have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust. see GREEK elpis Forms and Transliterations ελπιεί ελπιείς ελπιζει ελπίζει ἐλπίζει ελπίζειν ελπιζετε ελπίζετε ἐλπίζετε ελπιζομεν ελπίζομεν ἐλπίζομεν ελπιζομενων ελπιζομένων ἐλπιζομένων ελπίζον ελπίζοντα ελπίζοντας ελπίζοντες ελπιζόντων ελπιζουσαι ελπίζουσαι ἐλπίζουσαι ελπίζουσι ελπίζουσιν ελπιζω ελπίζω ἐλπίζω ελπιζων ελπίζων ἐλπίζων ελπιούσι ελπιουσιν ελπιούσιν ἐλπιοῦσιν ελπισατε ελπίσατε ἐλπίσατε ελπισάτω ελπισάτωσαν έλπισον ελπιώ ήλπιζέ ηλπιζεν ἤλπιζέν ηλπιζομεν ηλπίζομεν ἠλπίζομεν ηλπικαμεν ηλπίκαμεν ἠλπίκαμεν ηλπικατε ηλπίκατε ἠλπίκατε ηλπικεν ήλπικεν ἤλπικεν ηλπικεναι ηλπικέναι ἠλπικέναι ηλπικοτες ηλπικότες ἠλπικότες ήλπισα ηλπισαμεν ηλπίσαμεν ἠλπίσαμεν ήλπισαν ήλπισας ηλπίσατε ήλπισε ήλπισεν elpikamen elpíkamen ēlpikamen ēlpíkamen elpikate elpíkate ēlpikate ēlpíkate elpiken ēlpiken ḗlpiken elpikenai elpikénai ēlpikenai ēlpikénai elpikotes elpikótes ēlpikotes ēlpikótes elpiousin elpioûsin elpisamen elpísamen ēlpisamen ēlpísamen elpisate elpísate elpizei elpízei elpizen ēlpizen ḗlpizén elpizete elpízete elpizo elpizō elpízo elpízō elpizomen elpízomen ēlpizomen ēlpízomen elpizomenon elpizomenōn elpizoménon elpizoménōn elpizon elpizōn elpízon elpízōn elpizousai elpízousaiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 12:21 V-FIA-3PGRK: αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν NAS: THE GENTILES WILL HOPE. KJV: shall the Gentiles trust. INT: of him [the] Gentiles will hope Luke 6:34 V-PIA-2P Luke 23:8 V-IIA-3S Luke 24:21 V-IIA-1P John 5:45 V-RIA-2P Acts 24:26 V-PPA-NMS Acts 26:7 V-PIA-3S Romans 8:24 V-PIA-3S Romans 8:25 V-PIA-1P Romans 15:12 V-FIA-3P Romans 15:24 V-PIA-1S 1 Corinthians 13:7 V-PIA-3S 1 Corinthians 15:19 V-RPA-NMP 1 Corinthians 16:7 V-PIA-1S 2 Corinthians 1:10 V-RIA-1P 2 Corinthians 1:13 V-PIA-1S 2 Corinthians 5:11 V-PIA-1S 2 Corinthians 8:5 V-AIA-1P 2 Corinthians 13:6 V-PIA-1S Philippians 2:19 V-PIA-1S Philippians 2:23 V-PIA-1S 1 Timothy 3:14 V-PPA-NMS 1 Timothy 4:10 V-RIA-1P 1 Timothy 5:5 V-RIA-3S 1 Timothy 6:17 V-RNA Strong's Greek 1679 |