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Lexicon :: Strong's G1680 - elpis

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ἐλπίς
Transliteration
elpis (Key)
Pronunciation
el-pece'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:517,229

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

ἐλπίς elpís, el-pece'; from a primary ἔλπω élpō (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence:—faith, hope.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's G1680 in the following manner: hope (53x), faith (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's G1680 in the following manner: hope (53x), faith (1x).
  1. expectation of evil, fear

  2. expectation of good, hope

    1. in the Christian sense

      1. joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation

  3. on hope, in hope, having hope

    1. the author of hope, or he who is its foundation

    2. the thing hoped for

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐλπίς elpís, el-pece'; from a primary ἔλπω élpō (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence:—faith, hope.
STRONGS G1680:
ἐλπίς (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, (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, 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; Θεός τῆς ἐλπίδος, God, the author of hope, Romans 15:13; πληροθορια τῆς ἐλπίδος, fullness, i. e. certainty and strength of hope, Hebrews 6:11; 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, 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; Rom 8:20 (Rom 8:21) 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; 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
28:19
Acts
2:26; 2:26; 2:26; 16:19; 23:6; 24:15; 26:6; 26:7; 27:20; 28:20
Romans
4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 5:2; 5:4; 8:20; 8:20; 8:20; 8:21; 8:24; 12:12; 15:4; 15:13; 15:13
1 Corinthians
9:10; 9:10; 13:13
2 Corinthians
1:7; 3:12; 10:15
Galatians
5:5
Ephesians
1:18; 2:12; 4:4
Philippians
1:20
Colossians
1:5; 1:23; 1:27
1 Thessalonians
1:3; 2:19; 4:13; 5:8
2 Thessalonians
2:16
1 Timothy
1:1
Titus
1:2; 2:13; 3:7
Hebrews
3:6; 6:11; 6:18; 7:19; 10:23
1 Peter
1:3; 1:21; 3:15
1 John
3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1680 matches the Greek ἐλπίς (elpis),
which occurs 78 times in 74 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 24:15–Isa 28:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - “You shall give him his wages on his day [fn]before the sun goes down, for he is afflicted and sets his soul on it, so that he will not cry against you to Yahweh and it become sin in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 -

Then the five men went forth and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the [fn]manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no [fn]oppressive conqueror dishonoring them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - And they said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you be silent? Do not delay to go, to enter, to possess the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26 - Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of lovingkindness according to what was written in the law of Yahweh,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 -

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 -

“Is not your [fn]fear of God your confidence,

And the integrity of your ways your hope?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:16 -

“So the poor has hope,

And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 -

“Oh that my request might come to pass,

And that God would grant my hope!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 -

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,

And come to an end without hope.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 -

“So are the paths of all who forget God;

And the hope of the godless will perish,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 -

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;

And you would search around and rest securely.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 -

“But the eyes of the wicked will come to an end,

And escape will perish from them;

And their hope is the expiring of their soul.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 -

“For there is hope for a tree,

When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,

And its shoots will not cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 -

Where now is my hope?

And who beholds my hope?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:10 -

“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;

And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:8 -

“For what is the hope of the godless [fn]when he is cut off,

When God requires his [fn]soul?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:15 -

“Terrors are turned against me;

They pursue my nobility as the wind,

And my hope for salvation has passed away like a cloud.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 -

In peace I will [fn]both lie down and sleep,

For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 -

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,

But Yahweh is his refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 -

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;

My flesh also will dwell securely.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 -

Yet You are He who brought me out of the womb;

You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 -

How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,

And has not [fn]turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 -

“Moab is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Make a loud shout, O Philistia, because of Me!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 -

For You have been a refuge for me,

A tower of strength before the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 -

On God my salvation and my glory rest;

The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 -

By [fn]fearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,

You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest [fn]sea;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 -

For You are my hope;

O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 -

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;

I have set Lord Yahweh as my refuge,

That I may recount all Your works.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 -

That they should set their confidence in God

And not forget the deeds of God,

But observe His commandments,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 -

He led them safely, so that they did not fear;

But the sea covered their enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 -

[fn]For you have made Yahweh—my refuge,

The Most High—your dwelling place.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 -

But Yahweh has been my stronghold,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 -

“Moab is My washbowl;

Over Edom I shall throw My shoe;

Over Philistia I will make a loud shout.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5 -

I cried out to You, O Yahweh;

I said, “You are my refuge,

My portion in the land of the living.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5 -

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

Whose hope is in Yahweh his God,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 -

“But he who listens to me shall dwell securely

And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 -

The expectation of the righteous is gladness,

But the hope of the wicked will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 -

When a wicked man dies, his hope will perish,

And the expectation of vigorous men perishes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23 -

The desire of the righteous is only good,

But the hope of the wicked is wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 -

[fn]Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

But desire [fn]fulfilled is a tree of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:26 -

In the [fn]fear of Yahweh there is strong security,

And [fn]his children will have refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:19 -

So that your trust may be in Yahweh,

I have made you know today, even you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:18 -

Surely there is a [fn]future,

And your hope will not be cut off.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:14 -

Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;

If you find it, then there will be a [fn]future,

And your hope will not be cut off.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 -

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 -

Do you behold a man who is hasty in his words?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:4 - For whoever is joined with all the living, there is confidence; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 -

From the ends of the earth we hear songs, “Glory to the Righteous One,”

But I say, “[fn]I waste away! [fn]I waste away! Woe is me!

The treacherous deal treacherously,

And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 -

And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,

Which is at the head of the [fn]fertile valley,

Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer,

Which [fn]one sees,

And [fn]as soon as it is in his [fn]hand,

He swallows it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:5 -

In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crown

And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;


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