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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)
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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, 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; 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; 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.
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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 54 times in 48 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:26 - because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet -- my flesh also shall rest on hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:19 - And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew them to the market-place, unto the rulers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:6 - and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, 'Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee -- son of a Pharisee -- concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:15 - having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:6 - and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with you, for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:18 - Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: 'So shall thy seed be;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:2 - through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:4 - and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:5 - and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:20 - for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject it -- in hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:24 - for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:12 - in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:4 - for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:13 - and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10 - or because of us by all means doth He say it? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading ought of his hope to partake in hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - and now there doth remain faith, hope, love -- these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:7 - and our hope is stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings -- so also of the comfort.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:12 - Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - not boasting of the things not measured, in other men's labours, and having hope -- your faith increasing -- in you to be enlarged, according to our line -- into abundance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:5 - for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:18 - the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12 - that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:4 - one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:20 - according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:5 - because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:23 - if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that is under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a ministrant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:27 - to whom God did will to make known what is the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - for what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:8 - and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:16 - and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to a command of God our Saviour, and of the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:13 - waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:7 - that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:6 - and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:11 - and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - (for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:23 - may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful is He who did promise),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:3 - Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:21 - who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:15 - and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:3 - and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.
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