Elpízō — G1679

G1679 · Greek — ἐλπίζω

Pronunciation: el-pid'-zo

Definition

verb

to expect or confide

  1. to hope (in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full of confidence)
  2. followed by ὅτι with a present

Usually translated as

trust, hope, hoped

Origin

from G1680

Occurrences

Elpízō occurs 31 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (3), John (1), Acts (2), Romans (4), 1 Corinthians (3), 2 Corinthians (5), Philippians (2), 1 Timothy (4), Philemon (1), Hebrews (1), 1 Peter (2), 2 John (1), 3 John (1)

Strong's Lexicon — E