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Strong's G1680 · Greek

ἐλπίς

elpis · el-pece'

from a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐλπίς (G1680)

53 ἐλπίς ( ἑλ- , Ro 8:20 , WH, v. Bl., § 4, 3; M, Pr. , 44), -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX for בָּטַח and its derivatives, תִּקְוָה (freq. in Jb), etc. ;] expectation (in cl., rarely of evil, mostly of good, and so always in NT), hope ; of hope in general: II Co 1:6 ; c. gen. obj., Ac 16:19 ; art. inf., Ac 27:20 , I Co 9:10 ; παρ’ ἐλπίδα , Ro 4:18 ; ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι , I Co 9:10 . Of religious hope: ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι , Ac 2:26 26:6 , Ro 4:18 8:20 , Tit 1:2 ; τῇ ἐ. ἐσώθημεν , Ro 8:24 ; κατ' ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου , Tit 3:7 ; of the Messianic hope of Israel, Ac 23:6 26:6 , 7 28:20 ; of Christian hope, Ro 5:2 , 4 , 5 12:12 15:4 , 13 , I Co 13:13 , II Th 2:16 , He 3:6 6:11 7:19 10:23 , I Pe 1:3 , 21 3:15 ; c. gen. obj., Ro 5:2 , Col 1:27 , I Th 1:3 5:8 , Tit 1:2 ; c. gen. of that on which the hope is based, Ac 26:6 , Eph 1:18 4:4 , Col 1:23 ; ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἐ. , Ro 15:13 ; ἔχειν ἐ. (= cl. ἐλπίζειν ), Ac 24:15 , Ro 15:4 , II Co 3:12 10:15 , Eph 2:12 , I Th 4:13 ; seq. ἐπί , c. dat., I Jo 3:3 ; εἰς , Ac 24:15 ; ὅτι , Ro 8:20 , Phl 1:20 , 21 . Meton., of the author or ground of hope (cl.): I Th 2:19 , I Ti 1:1 ; c. gen. obj., Col 1:27 ; of the thing hoped for: Ga 5:5 , Col 1:5 , Tit 2:13 , He 6:18 (Cremer, 252, 712).†

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