מִבְטָח

ἐλπίς elpís · G1680 · to hope, to hope for, hope

Greek ἐλπίς renders Hebrew מִבְטָח in contexts where assured expectation or hope is grounded in trust. Both terms denote assurance or security placed in something, with מִבְטָח emphasizing the object of assurance and ἐλπίς emphasizing the expectant attitude itself.

πείθω peíthō · G3982 · to persuade, to convince, to rely on

Greek πείθω emphasizes the active process of persuading or convincing, which leads to trust, while Hebrew מִבְטָח denotes the settled state or object of assurance or trust itself; the Greek verbal action produces the condition that the Hebrew noun names.

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מִבְטָח denotes confidence, trust, or hope, as in Jeremiah 17:7's "blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD," placing it among terms of reliance and assurance.

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

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.