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Lexicon :: Strong's G1679 - elpizō

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ἐλπίζω
Transliteration
elpizō (Key)
Pronunciation
el-pid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
31x in 17 unique form(s) TR
31x in 18 unique form(s) LXX
95x in 27 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:517,229

Strong’s Definitions

ἐλπίζω elpízō, el-pid'-zo; from G1680; to expect or confide:—(have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G1679 in the following manner: trust (18x), hope (10x), hope for (2x), things hoped for (1x), variations of 'hope' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G1679 in the following manner: trust (18x), hope (10x), hope for (2x), things hoped for (1x), variations of 'hope' (1x).

  1. to hope

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

  2. hopefully to trust in

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐλπίζω elpízō, el-pid'-zo; from G1680; to expect or confide:—(have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust.
STRONGS G1679:
ἐλπίζω; imperfect ἠλπιζον; Attic future ἐλπιῶ (Matthew 12:21, and often in the Sept. ((whence in Romans 15:12); cf. Buttmann, 37 (32); Winer's Grammar, § 13, 1 c.); the common form ἐλπίσω does not occur in Biblical Greek); 1 aorist ἤλπισα; perfect ἠλπικα; (present passive ἐλπίζομαι); (ἐλπίς, which see); the Sept. for בָּטַח to trust; חָסָה to flee for refuge; יִחֵל to wait, to hope; to hope (in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full of confidence): τί, Romans 8:24; 1 Corinthians 13:7; (τά) ἐλπιζομενα, things hoped for, Hebrews 11:1 (but WH marginal reading connect ἐλπιζομένων with the following πραγμάτων); once with the dative of the object on which the hope rests, hopefully to trust in: τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ (as in secular authors once τῇ τύχῃ, Thucydides 3, 97, 2), Matthew 12:21 G L T Tr WH (cf. Buttmann, 176 (153)); καθώς, 2 Corinthians 8:5. followed by an infinitive relating to the subject of the verb ἐλπίζω (cf. Winers Grammar, 331 (311); Buttmann, 259 (223)): Luke 6:34; Luke 23:8; Acts 26:7; Romans 15:24; 1 Corinthians 16:7; Philippians 2:(19),23; 1 Timothy 3:14; 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:14; followed by a perfect infinitive 2 Corinthians 5:11; followed by ὅτι with a present Luke 24:21; ὅτι with a future, Acts 24:26; 2 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 13:6; Philemon 1:22. Peculiar to Biblical Greek is the construction of this verb with prepositions and a case of noun or pronoun (cf. Buttmann, 175f (152f) (cf. 337 (290); Winer's Grammar, § 33, d.; Ellicott on 1 Timothy 4:10)): εἰς τινα, to direct hope unto one, John 5:45 (perfect ἠλπίκατε, in whom you have put your hope, and rely upon it (Winer's Grammar, § 40, 4 a.)); 1 Peter 3:5 L T Tr WH; with addition of ὅτι with future 2 Corinthians 1:10 (L text Tr WH brackets ὅτι, and so detach the following clause); ἐπί τίνι, to build hope on one, as on a foundation (often in the Sept.): Romans 15:12 (from Isaiah 11:10); 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:17; ἐν τίνι, to repose hope in one, 1 Corinthians 15:19; followed by infinitive Philippians 2:19; ἐπί with according to direct hope toward something: ἐπί τί, to hope to receive something, 1 Peter 1:13; ἐπί τόν Θεόν, of those who hope for something from God, 1 Peter 3:5 R G; 1 Timothy 5:5, (and often in the Sept.). (Compare: ἀπελπίζω, προελπίζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
11:10
Matthew
12:21; 12:21
Luke
6:34; 23:8; 24:21
John
5:45
Acts
24:26; 26:7
Romans
8:24; 15:12; 15:12; 15:24
1 Corinthians
13:7; 15:19; 16:7
2 Corinthians
1:10; 1:13; 5:11; 8:5; 13:6
Philippians
2; 2:19
1 Timothy
3:14; 4:10; 4:10; 5:5; 6:17
Philemon
1:22
Hebrews
11:1
1 Peter
1:13; 3:5; 3:5
2 John
1:12
3 John
1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1679 matches the Greek ἐλπίζω (elpizō),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:21 - καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν G1679

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:34 - καὶ ἐὰν δανίσητε παρ᾽ ὧν ἐλπίζετε G1679 λαβεῖν ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἁμαρτωλοῖς δανίζουσιν ἵνα ἀπολάβωσιν τὰ ἴσα

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:8 - ὁ δὲ Ἡρῴδης ἰδὼν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐχάρη λίαν ἦν γὰρ ἐξ ἱκανῶν χρόνων θέλων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν διὰ τὸ ἀκούειν περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤλπιζέν G1679 τι σημεῖον ἰδεῖν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ γινόμενον

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:21 - ἡμεῖς δὲ ἠλπίζομεν G1679 ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ ἀλλά γε καὶ σὺν πᾶσιν τούτοις τρίτην ταύτην ἡμέραν ἄγει ἀφ᾽ οὗ ταῦτα ἐγένετο

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:45 - μὴ δοκεῖτε ὅτι ἐγὼ κατηγορήσω ὑμῶν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἔστιν ὁ κατηγορῶν ὑμῶν Μωϋσῆς εἰς ὃν ὑμεῖς ἠλπίκατε G1679

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:26 - ἅμα καὶ ἐλπίζων G1679 ὅτι χρήματα δοθήσεται αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου διὸ καὶ πυκνότερον αὐτὸν μεταπεμπόμενος ὡμίλει αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - εἰς ἣν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν λατρεῦον ἐλπίζει G1679 καταντῆσαι περὶ ἧς ἐλπίδος ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων βασιλεῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:24 - τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τίς ἐλπίζει G1679

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:25 - εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ βλέπομεν ἐλπίζομεν G1679 δι᾽ ὑπομονῆς ἀπεκδεχόμεθα

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:12 - καὶ πάλιν Ἠσαΐας λέγει ἔσται ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν G1679

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:24 - ὡς ἂν πορεύωμαι εἰς τὴν Σπανίαν ἐλπίζω G1679 γὰρ διαπορευόμενος θεάσασθαι ὑμᾶς καὶ ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν προπεμφθῆναι ἐκεῖ ἐὰν ὑμῶν πρῶτον ἀπὸ μέρους ἐμπλησθῶ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:7 - πάντα στέγει πάντα πιστεύει πάντα ἐλπίζει G1679 πάντα ὑπομένει

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:19 - εἰ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ ταύτῃ ἐν Χριστῷ ἠλπικότες G1679 ἐσμὲν μόνον ἐλεεινότεροι πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐσμέν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:7 - οὐ θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἄρτι ἐν παρόδῳ ἰδεῖν ἐλπίζω G1679 γὰρ χρόνον τινὰ ἐπιμεῖναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐὰν ὁ κύριος ἐπιτρέψῃ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:10 - ὃς ἐκ τηλικούτου θανάτου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύσεται εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν G1679 ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:13 - οὐ γὰρ ἄλλα γράφομεν ὑμῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἃ ἀναγινώσκετε ἢ καὶ ἐπιγινώσκετε ἐλπίζω G1679 δὲ ὅτι ἕως τέλους ἐπιγνώσεσθε

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:11 - εἰδότες οὖν τὸν φόβον τοῦ κυρίου ἀνθρώπους πείθομεν θεῷ δὲ πεφανερώμεθα ἐλπίζω G1679 δὲ καὶ ἐν ταῖς συνειδήσεσιν ὑμῶν πεφανερῶσθαι

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - καὶ οὐ καθὼς ἠλπίσαμεν G1679 ἀλλ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς ἔδωκαν πρῶτον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:6 - ἐλπίζω G1679 δὲ ὅτι γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμὲν ἀδόκιμοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:19 - ἐλπίζω G1679 δὲ ἐν κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Τιμόθεον ταχέως πέμψαι ὑμῖν ἵνα κἀγὼ εὐψυχῶ γνοὺς τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:23 - τοῦτον μὲν οὖν ἐλπίζω G1679 πέμψαι ὡς ἂν ἀφίδω τὰ περὶ ἐμὲ ἐξαυτῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:14 - ταῦτά σοι γράφω ἐλπίζων G1679 ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ἐν τάχει

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ κοπιῶμεν καὶ ἀγωνιζόμεθα ὅτι ἠλπίκαμεν G1679 ἐπὶ θεῷ ζῶντι ὅς ἐστιν σωτὴρ πάντων ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα πιστῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:5 - ἡ δὲ ὄντως χήρα καὶ μεμονωμένη ἤλπικεν G1679 ἐπὶ θεὸν καὶ προσμένει ταῖς δεήσεσιν καὶ ταῖς προσευχαῖς νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:17 - τοῖς πλουσίοις ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι παράγγελλε μὴ ὑψηλοφρονεῖν μηδὲ ἠλπικέναι G1679 ἐπὶ πλούτου ἀδηλότητι ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ θεῷ τῷ παρέχοντι ἡμῖν πάντα πλουσίως εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:22 - ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἑτοίμαζέ μοι ξενίαν ἐλπίζω G1679 γὰρ ὅτι διὰ τῶν προσευχῶν ὑμῶν χαρισθήσομαι ὑμῖν

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:1 - ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων G1679 ὑπόστασις πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:13 - διὸ ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν νήφοντες τελείως ἐλπίσατε G1679 ἐπὶ τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:5 - οὕτως γάρ ποτε καὶ αἱ ἅγιαι γυναῖκες αἱ ἐλπίζουσαι G1679 εἰς θεὸν ἐκόσμουν ἑαυτάς ὑποτασσόμεναι τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:12 - πολλὰ ἔχων ὑμῖν γράφειν οὐκ ἐβουλήθην διὰ χάρτου καὶ μέλανος ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω G1679 γενέσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλῆσαι ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν πεπληρωμένη ᾖ

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:14 - ἐλπίζω G1679 δὲ εὐθέως σε ἰδεῖν καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλήσομεν
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