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Strong's #1679 - ἐλπίζω

Transliteration

elpízō

Phonetics

el-pid'-zo

Origin

from (G1680)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

2:517,229

Definition

Thayer's

to hope
1. in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full confidence
hopefully to trust in

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 982 ‑ בָּטַח (baw‑takh'); 1556 ‑ גָּלַל (gaw‑lal'); 1875 ‑ דָּרַשׁ (daw‑rash'); 2490 ‑ חָלַל (khaw‑lal'); 2620 ‑ חָסָה (khaw‑saw'); 2836 ‑ חָשַׁק (khaw‑shak'); 3176 ‑ יָהַל (yaw‑chal'); 5375 ‑ נָסָה (naw‑saw', naw‑saw'); 5445 ‑ סָבַל (saw‑bal'); 6960 ‑ קָוָה (kaw‑vaw'); 7126 ‑ קָרַב (kaw‑rab'); 7365 ‑ רְחַץ (rekh‑ats'); 8172 ‑ שָׁעַן (shaw‑an'); 8199 ‑ שָׁפַט (shaw‑fat'); 8264 ‑ שָׁקַק (shaw‑kak');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (34)

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Philemon

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 John

3 John

NAS (36)

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Philemon

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 John

3 John

HCS (31)

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Philemon

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 John

3 John

BSB (31)

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Philemon

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 John

3 John

ESV (26)

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

1 Peter

WEB (35)

Matthew

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Philemon

Hebrews

1 Peter

2 John

3 John

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐλπίζω,

Att. fut. -ῐῶ LXX Psalms 44:7(43).7, Romans 15:12; ἐλπίσω Gal. 10.656 (ἐλπίσω in A. Ch. 187 is aor. subj.): aor. ἤλπισα Hdt. 8.24, S. Ph. 1175 (lyr.), etc. (ἤλπιζα (sic) IG 3.1350): pf. ἤλπικα John 5:45, (προ-) Posidipp. 27.8: plpf. ἠλπίκειν Plu. Alc. 17, Luc. Herm. 71, Hdn. 8.5.1: — Med., App. Pun. 115 (s.v.l.), Supp.Epigr. 2.461 (Histria, i B.C.): — Pass., aor. ἠλπίσθην S. OC 1105, APl. 4.222 (Parmen.): pf. ἤλπισμαι D.H. 5.40: — Att. form of ἔλπομαι, used also by Hdt.,

1. hope for, or rather (in earlier writers) look for, expect: — Constr.: c. acc., A. Th. 589, Ch. 539, etc., τι παρά τινος X. Mem. 4.3.17, D. 19.102: freq. with a dependent clause in inf., hope to do, or hope or expect that..; c. fut. inf., ἐ. μιν ἀποθανέεσθαι Hdt. 3.143, cf. Antipho 2.3.6, Th. 4.71, Lys. 16.2; ἐ. τὴν Εὐρώπην δουλώσεσθαι (v.l. -ασθαι) Id. 2.21: c. aor. inf., ἐ. ποτὲ δεῖξαι S. Ph. 629; ἤλπιζον ἑλεῖν X. Ages. 7.6: also with ἄν, οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίζων ἂν ἡμίονον τεκέειν Hdt. 3.151, Th. 2.53; the inf. may be omitted, ἔκλυον ἃν.. οὐδ' ἂν ἤλπισ' αὐδάν (sc. κλύειν) S. El. 1281; also ἐ. ὅπως.., with fut., E. Heracl. 1051, S. El. 963: — Pass., τὸ μηδαμὰ ἐλπισθὲν ἥξειν Id. OC 1105; ὁ ἐλπισθεὶς αὐτοκράτωρ POxy. 1021.6 (i A.D.).

2. of evils, look for, fear, in same constr., δύστανον ἐ. αἶσαν S. Tr. 111 (lyr.); ἔξοδον ὀλεθρίαν Αἴαντος ἐλπίζει φέρειν Id. Aj. 799, cf. Lys. 12.70; τουτί.. τὸ κακὸν οὐδέποτ' ἤλπισα Ar. Av. 956; ἐ. πάγχυ ἀπολέεσθαι Hdt. 8.12; θῆράς σφε τὸν δύστηνον ἐλπίζει κτανεῖν E. Ion 348: with μή folld. by aor. subj., οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίσας μή κοτε ἐλάσῃ Hdt. 1.77; οὐκ ἂν ἤλπισε μή κοτέ τις ἀναβαίη Id. 8.53.

3. c. pres. inf., deem, suppose that.., Emp. 11.2; ἐλπίζων εἶναι.. ὀλβιώτατος Hdt. 1.30; ἐλπίζων σιτοδείην τε εἶναι ἰσχυρὴν.. καὶ τὸν λεὼν τετρῦσθαι ib. 22; οἰκότα ἐλπίζων ib. 27, cf. A. Th. 76, Ch. 187; βοῦν ἢ λέοντ' ἤλπιζες ἐντείνειν βρόχοις; E. Andr. 720; ἐλπίζει δυνατὸς εἶναι ἄρχειν Pl. R. 573c; ὅστις ἐλπίζει θεοὺς.. χαίρειν ἀπαρχαῖς Trag.Adesp. 118.2: sts. of future events, τίς ἂν ἤλπισεν ἁμαρτήσεσθαί τινα τῶν πολιτῶν τοιαύτην ἁμαρτίαν; Lys. 31.27; οὐδὲν.. ποιήσειν ἐλπίζων D. 4.7.

4. c. dat., hope in.., τῇ τύχῃ Th. 3.97; ὀνόματι Matthew 12:21 : also with Preps., ἔν τισι LXX 2 Kings 18:5; πρός τι ib. Jd. 20.36; ἐ. εἴς τινα John 5:45, al.; ἐπί τινι Romans 15:12, al.; ἐπί τινα 1 Peter 3:5.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐλπίζω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H982, also for H2620, H3176 pi., hi., etc.;]

to look for, expect, hope (for): c. acc rei, Romans 8:24-25, 1 Corinthians 13:7, Hebrews 11:1; c. dat. rei (τ . τύχῃ , Thuc., iii, 97, 2), Matthew 12:21; seq. καθώς , 2 Corinthians 8:5; c. inf., Luke 6:34; Luke 23:8, Acts 26:7, Romans 15:24, 1 Corinthians 16:7, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Philippians 2:19; Philippians 2:23, 1 Timothy 3:14, 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:14; seq. ὅτι , c. pres., Luke 24:21; c. fut., Acts 24:26, 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 13:6, Philemon 1:22. As in LXX (WM, § xxxiii, d; and esp. in the pf., Ellic. on 1 Timothy 4:10; Bl., § 59, 2), c. prep.; εἰς , John 5:45 (v. Ellis., l.c.), 1 Peter 3:5; seq. ὅτι , 2 Corinthians 1:10; ἐπί , c. dat., Romans 15:12 (LXX 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:17; ἐν , 1 Corinthians 15:19; c. acc, 1 Peter 1:13 (aor. imper. v. Bl., § 58, 2); τ . θεόν , 1 Timothy 5:5 (of. ἀπ -, προ -ελπίζω , v. Cremer, 255).†

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In a soldier’s letter to his father the writer announces—ἐλπίζω ταχὺ προκόσαι (l. προκόψαι) τῶν θε [ῶ ]ν θελόντων, ";I hope to be quickly promoted, if the gods will"; (BGU II. 423.17 (ii/A.D.) = Selections, p. 91). Nero is described as ὁ δὲ τῆς οἰκουμένης καὶ προσδοκηθεὶς καὶ ἐλπισθείς in P Oxy VII. 1021.6 (A.D. 54) : cf. Syll 364.5 (A.D. 37) ἐπεὶ ἡ κατ᾽ εὐχὴν πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐλπισθεῖσα Γαΐου Καίσαρος Γερμανικοῦ Σεβαστοῦ ἡγεμονία κατήνγελται, οὐδὲν δὲ μέτρον χαρᾶς εὕρηκ (ε)ν ὁ κόσμος κτλ. When in P Ryl II. 243.8 (ii/A.D.) two women write to their steward ἐλπίζοντες σὺν θεῷ τὸ πεδείον σπαρῆναι, the use of θεός alone does not, as the editors note, imply that the writer was a Christian (cf. Archiv i. p. 436), but P Iand 11.2 (iii/A.D.) ἐλπίδω γὰρ εἰς θεὸν ὅτι παρακληθῆναι [βούλεται ὁ κύριός ] μ ̣ο ̣υ ὁ Ἐ [πίμα ]χος seems to point to Christian (or Jewish) authorship, cf. 1 Peter 3:5 and see the editor’s note. See also PSI IV. 301.9 (v/A.D.) ἐλπίζωμεν (l. —ομεν) γὰρ εἰς τὸν θεὸν τὸν παντοκράτορα. MGr ἐλπίζω, ἐρπίζω.

List of Word Forms

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 elpízousai

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