Word

ἐλπίζω

elpízō · G1679 · Greek · 31 occurrences

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Meanings

to hope, to hope for, hope

To look forward with confidence to that which is good and beneficial

Examples
Matthew 12:21 “AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE.”
Luke 23:8 Now Herod was overjoyed when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him.
Luke 24:21 “But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
to expect, to hope

To expect, with the implication of some benefit

Examples
Luke 6:34 “And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.
Acts 24:26 At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul; therefore he also used to send for him quite often and talk with him.
1 Corinthians 13:7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

31 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated: I 10
Not stated (participle) 5
Not stated: we 4
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

19 occurrences in 19 groups

Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (22) 22

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 11 groups

Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 3 groups

καίand 1
ἅμαtogether with, at the same time 1
τελείωςcompletely 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 3 groups

γυνήwoman, wife 1
θεόςGod 1
ΜωσεύςMoses 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 2 groups

κοπιάωto labor, to toil 1
ἀγωνίζομαιto struggle 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

παράfrom, with, beside 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 3 words

בָּטַח bâṭach · H982 · to be confident, to be unsuspecting, to be secure: Hebrew בָּטַח (bâṭach, H982) emphasizes the security or assurance dimension of trust, while Greek ἐλπίζω (elpízō, G1679) emphasizes the dimension of expectation or hope; both denote trusting assurance with distinct aspectual nuances.
חָסָה châçâh · H2620 · to take refuge, to find refuge, to find shelter: Greek ἐλπίζω emphasizes expectation and confident anticipation (often of future hope), while Hebrew חָסָה focuses on taking refuge and placing trust (often with present protection in view); both share a core semantic of confident reliance, but חָסָה carries a stronger spatial/protective metaphor of sheltering.
יָחַל yâchal · H3176 · to wait, to hope for: Greek ἐλπίζω and Hebrew יָחַל both denote hoping or expecting with trust, and in the Septuagint יָחַל is consistently rendered by ἐλπίζω in contexts of patient expectation and trust in God.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To hope, to hope for, hope25.59: Used in Matthew 12:21, quoting the prophecy that in Jesus' name the Gentiles will hope, and in Luke 24:21, of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, who had been hoping that Jesus was the one who would redeem Israel.
To expect, to hope30.54: Used in Luke 6:34, where Jesus asks what credit it is to lend to those from whom one expects to receive back the same amount.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐλπίς elpís · G1680 · to hope, to hope for, hope · 53×ἐλπίζωelpízō · G1679ἀπελπίζω apelpízō · G560 · to expect, to hope · 1×προελπίζω proelpízō · G4276 · to hope beforehand, to be the first to hope · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἠλπιζον; Attic future ἐλπιῶ (Mt 12:21, and often in the Sept. ((whence in Rom…

imperfect ἠλπιζον; Attic future ἐλπιῶ (Mt 12:21, and often in the Sept. ((whence in Rom 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, Rom 8:24; 1 Cor 13:7; (τά) ἐλπιζομενα, things hoped for, Heb 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), Mt 12:21 G L T Tr WH (cf. Buttmann, 176 (153)); καθώς, 2 Cor 8:5. followed by an infinitive relating to the subject of the verb ἐλπίζω (cf. Winers Grammar, 331 (311); Buttmann, 259 (223)): Lk 6:34; Lk 23:8; Acts 26:7; Rom 15:24; 1 Cor 16:7; (Phm 2:19),Phm 2:23; 1 Tim 3:14; 2 Jn 1:12; 3 Jn 1:14; followed by a perfect infinitive 2 Cor 5:11; followed by ὅτι with a present Lk 24:21; ὅτι with a future, Acts 24:26; 2 Cor 1:13; 2 Cor 13:6; Phm 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 Tim 4:10)): εἰς τινα, to direct hope unto one, Jn 5:45 (perfect ἠλπίκατε, in whom you have put your hope, and rely upon it (Winer's Grammar, § 40, 4 a.)); 1 Pet 3:5 L T Tr WH; with addition of ὅτι with future 2 Cor 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.): Rom 15:12 (from Isa 11:10); 1 Tim 4:10; 1 Tim 6:17; ἐν τίνι, to repose hope in one, 1 Cor 15:19; followed by infinitive Phm 2:19; ἐπί with according to direct hope toward something: ἐπί τί, to hope to receive something, 1 Pet 1:13; ἐπί τόν Θεόν, of those who hope for something from God, 1 Pet 3:5 R G; 1 Tim 5:5, (and often in the Sept.). (Compare: ἀπελπίζω, προελπίζω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Hope, Look Forward To23 occurrences To Think Concerning Future Contingencies8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0