Strong's Concordance elpis: expectation, hope Original Word: ἐλπίς, ίδος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: elpis Phonetic Spelling: (el-pece') Short Definition: hope, expectation Definition: hope, expectation, trust, confidence. HELPS Word-studies 1680 elpís (from elpō, "to anticipate, welcome") – properly, expectation of what is sure (certain); hope. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1680: ἐλπίςἐλπίς (sometimes written ἐλπίς; so WH in Romans 8:20; Tdf. in Acts 2:26; see (in 2 below, and) the references under the word ἀφειδον), ἐλπίδος, ἡ ( ἔλπω to make to hope), the Sept. for בֶּטַח and מִבְטַח, trust; מַחְסֶה that in which one confides or to which he flees for refuge; תִּקְוָה expectation, hope; in the classics a vox media, i. e. expectation whether of good or of ill; 1. rarely in a bad sense, expectation of evil, fear; as, ἡ τῶν κακῶν ἐλπίς, Lucian, Tyrannic c. 3; τοῦ φοβοῦ ἐλπίς, Thucydides 7, 61; κακῇ ἐλπίς, Plato, rep. 1, p. 330 e. (cf. legg. 1, p. 644 c. at the end); πονηρά ἐλπίς Isaiah 28:19, the Sept. 2. much more frequent in the classics, and always in the N. T., in a good sense: expectation of good, hope; and in the Christian sense, joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation: Acts 23:6; Acts 26:7; Romans 5:4; Romans 12:12; Romans 15:13; 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 3:15; ἀγαθή ἐλπίς (often in secular authors, as Plato, Phaedo 67 c.; plural ἐλπίδες ἀγαθαί, legg. 1, p. 649 b.; Xenophon, Ages. 1, 27), 2 Thessalonians 2:16; ἐλπίς βλεπομένη, hope whose object is seen, Romans 8:24; ὁ Θεός τῆς ἐλπίδος, God, the author of hope, Romans 15:13; ἡ πληροθορια τῆς ἐλπίδος, fullness, i. e. certainty and strength of hope, Hebrews 6:11; ἡ ὁμολογία τῆς ἐλπίδος, the confession of those things which we hope for, Hebrews 10:23; τό καύχημα τῆς ἐλπίδος hope wherein we glory, Hebrews 3:6; ἐπεισαγωγή κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, the bringing in of a better hope, Hebrews 7:19; ἐλπίς with the genitive of the subjunctive, Acts 28:20; 2 Corinthians 1:7 (6); Philippians 1:20; with the genitive of the object, Acts 27:20; Romans 5:2; 1 Corinthians 9:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; Titus 3:7; with the genitive of the thing on which the hope depends, ἡ ἐλπίς τῆς ἐργασίας αὐτῶν, Acts 16:19; τῆς κλήσεως, Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 4:4; τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, Colossians 1:23; with the genitive of the person in whom hope is reposed, 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (cf. Buttmann, 155 (136)). ἐπ' (or ἐφ' — so Acts 2:26 L T; Romans 4:18 L; () T WH; cf. Scrivener, Introduction, etc., p. 565; (but see above, at the beginning)) ἐλπίδι, relying on hope, having hope, in hope (Euripides, Herc. fur. 804; Diodorus Siculus 13, 21; ἐπ' ἐλπίδι ἀγαθή, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 187 (Winers Grammar, 394 (368), cf. 425 (396); Buttmann, 337 (290)): Acts 2:26 (of a return to life); Romans 4:18; with the genitive of the thing hoped for added: ζωῆς αἰωνίου, Titus 1:2; τοῦ μετέχειν, 1 Corinthians 9:10 (G L T Tr WH); in hope, followed by ὅτι, Romans 8:20 (21) (but Tdf. reads διότι); on account of the hope, for the hope (Buttmann, 165 (144)), with the genitive of the thing on which the hope rests, Acts 26:6. παῥ ἐλπίδα, beyond, against, hope (Winer's Grammar, 404 (377)): Romans 4:18 (i. e. where the laws of nature left no room for hope). ἔχειν ἐλπίδα (often in Greek writings): Romans 15:4; 2 Corinthians 3:12; with an infinitive belonging to the person hoping, 2 Corinthians 10:15; ἐλπίδα ἔχειν εἰς (Tdf. πρός) Θεόν, followed by an accusative with an infinitive Acts 24:15 (εἰς Χριστόν ἔχειν, τάς ἐλπίδας, Acta Thomae § 28; (τήν ἐλπίδα εἰς τόν Ἰησοῦν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ἔχοντες, the Epistle of Barnabas 11, 11 [ET])); ἐπί with the dative of person 1 John 3:3; ἐλπίδα μή ἔχοντες (of the heathen) having no hope (of salvation), Ephesians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; ἤ ἐλπίς ἐστιν εἰς Θεόν, directed unto God, 1 Peter 1:21. By metonymy, it denotes a. the author of hope, or he who is its foundation, (often so in Greek authors, as Aeschylus choëph. 776; Thucydides 3, 57; (cf. Ignatius ad Eph. 21, 2 [ET]; ad Magn. 11 [ET] at the end; ad Philad. 11, 2 [ET]; ad Trall. inscr. and 2, 2 [ET], etc.)): 1 Timothy 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; with the genitive of object added, τῆς δόξης, Colossians 1:27. b. the thing hoped for: προσδέχεσθαι τήν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα, Titus 2:13; ἐλπίδα δικαιοσύνης ἀπεκδέχεσθαι, the thing hoped for, which is righteousness (cf. Meyer edition Sieffert at the passage), Galatians 5:5 (προσδοκῶν τάς ὑπό Θεοῦ ἐλπίδας, 2 Macc. 7:14); διά ἐλπίδα τήν ἀποκειμένην ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, Colossians 1:5; κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος, Hebrews 6:18 (cf. Bleek at the passage). — Zöckler, De vi ac notlone vocis ἐλπίς in N. T. Gissae 1856.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance faith, hope. From a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence -- faith, hope. Forms and Transliterations ελπιδα ελπίδα ἐλπίδα ελπίδας ελπιδι ελπίδι ἐλπίδι ἑλπίδι ελπιδος ελπίδος ἐλπίδος ελπις ελπίς ἐλπίς ἐλπὶς elpida elpída elpidi elpídi elpidos elpídos elpis elpís elpìs helpidi helpídiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1680 53 Occurrencesἐλπίδα — 18 Occ.ἐλπίδι — 12 Occ.ἐλπίδος — 13 Occ.ἐλπὶς — 10 Occ.Acts 2:26 N-DFSGRK: κατασκηνώσει ἐπ' ἐλπίδι NAS: ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;KJV: shall rest in hope:INT: will dwell in hopeActs 16:19 N-NFS GRK: ἐξῆλθεν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς ἐργασίας NAS: saw that their hope of profit KJV: saw that the hope of their gains INT: was gone the hope of the profit Acts 23:6 N-GFS GRK: Φαρισαίων περὶ ἐλπίδος καὶ ἀναστάσεως NAS: I am on trial for the hope and resurrection KJV: of the hope and INT: of a Pharisee concerning [the] hope and resurrection Acts 24:15 N-AFS GRK: ἐλπίδα ἔχων εἰς NAS: having a hope in God, which KJV: And have hope toward God, INT: a hope having in Acts 26:6 N-DFS GRK: νῦν ἐπ' ἐλπίδι τῆς εἰς NAS: trial for the hope of the promise KJV: for the hope of the promise INT: now for [the] hope of the to Acts 26:7 N-GFS GRK: περὶ ἧς ἐλπίδος ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ NAS: And for this hope, O King, KJV: For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, INT: concerning which hope I am accused by Acts 27:20 N-NFS GRK: λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα τοῦ NAS: on all hope of our being saved KJV: [us], all hope that we INT: from now was taken away hope all the Acts 28:20 N-GFS GRK: γὰρ τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ NAS: for the sake of the hope of Israel. KJV: for the hope of Israel INT: indeed the hope of Israel Romans 4:18 N-AFS GRK: ὃς παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι NAS: In hope against hope KJV: Who against hope believed in INT: who against hope in hope Romans 4:18 N-DFS GRK: ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν εἰς NAS: In hope against hope he believed, so KJV: believed in hope, that he INT: hope in hope believed for Romans 5:2 N-DFS GRK: καυχώμεθα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι τῆς δόξης NAS: and we exult in hope of the glory KJV: rejoice in hope of the glory of God. INT: we boast in hope of the glory Romans 5:4 N-AFS GRK: δὲ δοκιμὴ ἐλπίδα NAS: character; and proven character, hope; KJV: and experience, hope: INT: and character hope Romans 5:5 N-NFS GRK: ἡ δὲ ἐλπὶς οὐ καταισχύνει NAS: and hope does not disappoint, because KJV: And hope maketh not INT: which moreover hope not does make ashamed Romans 8:20 N-DFS GRK: ὑποτάξαντα ἐφ' ἑλπίδι NAS: of Him who subjected it, in hope KJV: [the same] in hope, INT: having subjected [it] in hope Romans 8:24 N-DFS GRK: τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν ἐλπὶς NAS: For in hope we have been saved, KJV: For we are saved by hope: but hope INT: in this indeed hope we were saved hope Romans 8:24 N-NFS GRK: ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη NAS: we have been saved, but hope that is seen KJV: by hope: but hope that is seen is INT: hope we were saved hope however seen Romans 8:24 N-NFS GRK: οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς ὃ γὰρ NAS: that is seen is not hope; for who KJV: is not hope: for what INT: not is hope what indeed Romans 12:12 N-DFS GRK: τῇ ἐλπίδι χαίροντες τῇ NAS: rejoicing in hope, persevering KJV: Rejoicing in hope; patient INT: In hope rejoice the Romans 15:4 N-AFS GRK: γραφῶν τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχωμεν NAS: of the Scriptures we might have hope. KJV: of the scriptures might have hope. INT: Scriptures hope we might have Romans 15:13 N-GFS GRK: θεὸς τῆς ἐλπίδος πληρώσαι ὑμᾶς NAS: may the God of hope fill KJV: Now the God of hope fill you INT: [the] God of hope may fill you Romans 15:13 N-DFS GRK: ἐν τῇ ἐλπίδι ἐν δυνάμει NAS: that you will abound in hope by the power KJV: may abound in hope, through the power INT: in the hope in power 1 Corinthians 9:10 N-DFS GRK: ὀφείλει ἐπ' ἐλπίδι ὁ ἀροτριῶν NAS: to plow in hope, and the thresher KJV: in hope; and INT: ought in order that hope he that plows 1 Corinthians 9:10 N-DFS GRK: ἀλοῶν ἐπ' ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν NAS: and the thresher [to thresh] in hope of sharing KJV: that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker INT: threshes in hope to partake 1 Corinthians 13:13 N-NFS GRK: μένει πίστις ἐλπίς ἀγάπη τὰ NAS: But now faith, hope, love, abide KJV: abideth faith, hope, charity, these INT: abides faith hope love the things 2 Corinthians 1:7 N-NFS GRK: καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν βεβαία KJV: And our hope of you INT: and the hope of us [is] sure 53 Occurrences
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