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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition): hope ———————

1hope \ˈhōp\ vbhoped; hop•ing [ME, fr. OE hopian; akin to MHG hoffen to hope] vi bef. 12 c

1           : to cherish a desire with anticipation 〈hopes for a promotion〉 2           archaic : TRUST vt 1           : to desire with expectation of obtainment 2           : to expect with confidence : TRUST syn see EXPECT — hop•er n —hope

against hope : to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment ———————

2hope nbef. 12 c

1           archaic : TRUST, RELIANCE 2     a      :  desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment 〈came in

hopes of seeing you 〉 also : expectation of fulfillment or success 〈no hope of a cure〉

     b      : someone or something on which hopes are centered 〈our only hope for victory〉

     c      : something hoped for  

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition: hope 1hope \ ˈhōp\ verbhoped; hop•ing[Middle English, from Old English hopian; akin to Middle High German hoffen to hope](before 12th century)intransitive verb

1 : to cherish a desire with anticipation 〈hopes for a promotion〉2 archaic : TRUST

transitive verb1 : to desire with expectation of obtainment 2 : to expect with confidence : TRUST

synonymy see EXPECT — hop•er noun— hope against hope

: to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment 2hope noun(before 12th century)

1 archaic : TRUST, RELIANCE 2 a : desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment 〈came in

hopes of seeing you〉; also : expectation of fulfillment or success 〈no hope of a cure〉

b : someone or something on which hopes are centered 〈our only hope for victory〉

c : something hoped for  

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Hope Hope, city (1990 pop. 9,643), seat of Hempstead co., SW Ark. Hope is a commercial center and a distribution point for an agricultural region. Its industries include food processing, printing, and the making of machinery and apparel. The city was the boyhood home of President Bill Clinton.  

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third Edition: ἐλπίζω ἐλπίζω Att. fut. ἐλπιῶ ; 1 aor. ἤλπισα ; pf. ἤλπικα (B-D-F § 341 ) (s. ἐλπίς; Trag. , Hdt.+)

① to look forward to someth., with implication of confidence about someth. coming to pass, hope, hope for (cp. Judg 20:36; PsSol 17:33 . both in the sense 'rely on, trust')

ⓐ abs. hope (for) ( Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 138 τὸ ἐλπίζειν) 2 Cor 8:5; B 12:7; 2 Cl 11:5; pres. pass. ptc. ἐλπιζόμενα what we hope for (Polyaenus 3, 9, 11 τὰ ἐλπιζόμενα ) Hb 11:1.

ⓑ w. indication of what is hoped for: in acc. (Is 38:18 ; Wsd 2:22 ) πάντα 1 Cor 13:7. ὸ γὰρ βλέπει τις ἐλπίζει Ro 8:24; cp. vs. 25. (W. εἰς : Sir 2:9 εἰς ἀγαθά ; PsSol 15:1 εἰς βοήθειαν … τοῦ θεοῦ .) W. perf. inf. 2 Cor 5:11; B 17:1. W. ὅτι foll. ( Polyb. 3, 63, 7; Arrian, Alex. An. 1, 4, 7; POxy 1672, 7 [c. 40 A.D.]; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 85) the deliverer of Israel Lk 24:21. W. acc. and pres. inf. (Just., D . 32, 2 ἐλπίζων τινὰ ἐξ ὑμῶν δύνασθαι εὑρεθήναι) Hm 12, 6, 4. W. the connotation of desire ( Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, More »  

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains: hope hope25.59–64; 30.54  

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations: Hope HopeHope is a waking dream. — ARISTOTLE, quoted by Diogenes Laertius in Lives of the Philosophers[This has also been attributed to Pindar and Plato.]Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. — FRANCIS BACON, Apophthegms

Hope is a risk that must be run. — GEORGES BERNANOS, Last Essays Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. — BIBLE, Proverbs 13:12 Hope! of all ills that men endure,The only cheap and universal cure.— ABRAHAM COWLEY, The Mistress"Hope" is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul—And sings the tune without the words—And never stops—at all—— EMILY DICKINSON, " 'Hope' is the thing with feathers"If it were not for Hopes, the Heart would break. — THOMAS FULLER, Gnomologia Hope is the poor man's bread. — GEORGE HERBERT, Jacula Prudentum I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. —ROBERT G. INGERSOLL, speech (1892) Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which More »  

Harper's Bible Dictionary: Hope Hopehope, in the Bible the expectation of a favorable future under God's direction

Hope in the Old Testament: In the OT there is no easy correspondence between the NT words for hope ( Gk. elpis/elpizein ) and any specific Hebrew word, although the most frequent expression of the concept may lie with the Hebrew verbs 'to wait, to expect' (kawah) , and 'to be full of confidence, to trust' (batah). The present survey is limited to this word group and does not include the larger area of eschatology in general.

The prophet Jeremiah speaks for much of the OT tradition when he utters: 'O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame; those who turn away from thee shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water' ( 17:13; see also 14:8 ). This text asserts that God is not only the hope of the nation but of the individual as well, a thought also echoed in Ps. 71:5: 'For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.' God's More »  

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery: Hope HOPEAlthough the word hope appears more than 150 times in English translations, the imagery surrounding it is less plentiful. Even as an abstraction, however, hope has some of the vigor of an image when it appears in the evocative triad of faith, hope and love (1 Cor 13:13 ) and as the climactic item in a catalog of the virtues produced by suffering ( Rom 5:4–5 ). The essential quality of hope is that it is oriented to something in the future that one expects but does not yet possess ( Rom 8:24–25).

The abstraction begins to assume some of the concreteness of an image when we observe the prepositions with which hope is linked in the Bible. We

read that people hope in God or Christ (a dozen references), God's steadfast love (Ps 33:18 ; 147:11), God's word ( Ps 119:81, 114 , 147; 130:5) and the promise of God ( Acts 26:6). Biblical writers set their hope on God ( Jer 14:22; 1 Tim 5:5 ), Christ (Eph 1:12 ) and "the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed" ( 1 Pet 1:13 NRSV ). They hope More »  

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery: Hope

Dictionary of Paul and His Letters: Hope HOPE Hope is an essential characteristic of the Christian life and a central feature of Paul's theology . Every statement Paul makes about Christian hope is also a statement about what God has given the believer in Christ. In his letters, especially the letter to the Romans, Paul explores the ground of Christian hope, what it means to live in hope and the Christian hope for the future.

     1.     Hope in the OT      2.     Hope in the Letters of Paul

 

Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments: Hope HOPEIn the later NT , hope is one of the defining marks of the believer. Despite the suffering that comes from living in a fallen world, the Christian is certain that God will one day complete what he has started in the lives of believers and in the whole cosmos.

     1.     Old Testament Background     2.     Later New Testament     3.     Apostolic Fathers

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary: Hope HOPE — one of the three main elements of Christian character ( 1 Cor. 13:13). It is joined to faith and love, and is opposed to seeing or possessing ( Rom. 8:24 ; 1 John 3:2). "Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity ( 1 Pet. 3:15; Heb. 10:23 ). In it the whole glory of the Christian vocation is centred ( Eph. 1:18 ; 4:4)." Unbelievers are without this hope ( Eph. 2:12; 1 Thess. 4:13). Christ is the actual object of the believer's hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled ( 1 Tim. 1:1; Col. 1:27 ; Titus 2:13 ). It is spoken of as "lively", i.e., a living, hope, a hope not frail and perishable, but having a perennial life ( 1 Pet. 1:3 ). In Rom. 5:2 the "hope" spoken of is probably objective, i.e., "the hope set before us," namely, eternal life (comp. 12:12). In 1 John 3:3 the expression "hope in him" ought rather to be, as in the Revised More »  

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised: Hope

HOPE [Heb bāṭaḥ—'trust,' yāḥal—'wait for', qāwâ—'expect,' tiqwâ — 'expectation'; Gk elpízō, elpís, "hope", also "expect" ( 2 Cor. 8:5)]. A concept involving trustful anticipation, particularly with reference to the fulfillment of the promises of God.

     I.      GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS      II.      OT      III.      INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD

A.      NORMATIVE PIETY B.      APOCALYPTICISM C.      RABBINIC JUDAISM D.      QUMRÂN

     IV.      NT A.      GOSPELS AND ACTS B.      EPISTLES 1.      IN RELATION TO BELIEVERS 2.      IN RELATION TO THE CREATION 3.      COORDINATES OF HOPE 4.      SYMBOLS OF HOPE C.      BOOK OF REVELATION

     V.      THE "LARGER" HOPE  

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus: hope hope verbsynonyms EXPECT 1, await, count (on or upon), lookhope nounsynonyms TRUST 1, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance, stock 

Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary: Hope HOPE — confident expectancy. In the Bible, the word "hope" stands for both the act of hoping ( Rom. 4:18; 1 Cor. 9:10 ) and the thing hoped for ( Col. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:3). Hope does not arise from the individual's desires or wishes but from God, who is Himself the believer's hope: "My hope is in You" ( Ps. 39:7). Genuine hope is not wishful thinking, but a firm assurance about things that are unseen and still in the future ( Rom. 8:24–25; Heb. 11:1, 7 ).

Hope distinguishes the Christian from the unbeliever, who has no hope ( Eph. 2:12 ; 1 Thess. 4:13). Indeed, a Christian is one in whom hope resides ( 1 Pet. 3:15 ; 1 John 3:3 ). In contrast to Old Testament hope, the Christian hope is superior ( Heb. 7:19 ).

Christian hope comes from God (Rom. 15:13 ) and especially His calling ( Eph. 1:18; 4:4), His grace ( 2 Thess. 2:16), His Word ( Rom. 15:4) and His gospel ( Col. 1:23 ). Hope is directed toward God (Acts 24:15; 1 Pet. 1:21 ) and Christ (1 Thess. 1:3 ; 1 Tim. 1:1). Its appropri-ate objects are eternal life ( More »  

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition: Hope HOPE. Hope, it would seem, is a psychological necessity, if man is to envisage the future at all. Even if there are no rational grounds for it, man still

continues to hope. Very naturally such hope, even when it appears to be justified, is transient and illusory; and it is remarkable how often it is qualified by poets and other writers by such epithets as 'faint', 'trembling', 'feeble', 'desperate', 'phantom'. The Bible sometimes uses hope in the conventional sense. The ploughman, for example, should plough in hope ( 1 Cor. 9:10), for it is the hope of reward that sweetens labour. But for the most part the hope with which the Bible is concerned is something very different; and in comparison with it other hope is scarcely recognized as hope. The majority of secular thinkers in the ancient world did not regard hope as a virtue, but merely as a temporary illusion; and Paul was giving an accurate description of pagans when he said they had no hope (Eph. 2:12 ; cf. 1 Thes. 4:13), the fundamental More »  

New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Hope HopeThe theology of Jeremiah, which highlights plucking up and breaking down ( 1:10), also includes a promise to build and plant ( 1:10). Ultimately, God will give back to his covenant people the life and well-being that they once enjoyed. Every aspect of Jewish life will be restored after a seventy-year exile ( 25:11 ; 29:10). A collection of promises for the new Jewish community is found in chapters 30–33, known to scholars as 'The Book of Consolation'. It describes Israel's hope for the future.

Imagery of God wounding and healing is employed in 30:12–17 , and occurs not only in other poetic sections of Jeremiah (8:22 ; 10:19 ; 14:17 ), but also in the language of the prophet Hosea (Hos. 5:13 ; 6:1; 7:1; 11:3 ). As the compassionate physician of his people, God will cause new flesh to grow ( 30:17); a similar picture is found in Ezekiel ( Ezek. 37:6). God's remedy for the sick heart ( 17:9) will be to put his law directly on the heart of the new community ( 31:31–34). This passage, known as the 'More »  

New Nave's Topical Bible: Hope

Synonyms of the Old Testament: § 6. Hope.

Tyndale Bible Dictionary: Hope HOPE An expectation or belief in the fulfillment of something desired. Present hurts and uncertainty over what the future holds create the constant need for hope. Worldwide poverty, hunger, disease, and human potential to generate terror and destruction create a longing for something better. Historically, people have looked to the future with a mixture of longing and fear. Many have concluded that there is no reasonable basis for hope and therefore that to hope is to live with an illusion. Scripture tells us that those who do not have God do not have hope ( Eph 2:12).

The modern world has sought hope in human effort and a belief in the inevitability of progress that assumed everything would naturally get better and better. The threat and reality of war in the 20th century challenged that

optimism and left growing despair in its wake. Though many still find little reason to hope, others have returned to a humanistic basis for hope. It is held that because people are the source of the world's More »  

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia: Hope HOPE. In the OT several Heb. words are translated "hope" which signify "trust," "expectation," or "prospect." In both OT and NT the object of one's hope varies according to human desires ( Prov 13:12; e.g ., gain, Acts 16:19; physical rescue, Acts 27:20; a husband, Ruth 1:12).

The chief theological use of the term "hope" was of trust in the supernatural, specifically in Yahweh as the God of Israel ( e.g., Ps 130:5 ; 146:5 ; Jer 17:7, 13). This trust was sometimes for safety from enemies ( Ps 71:4–5; Jer 14:8–9 ), tending in later usage toward deliverance in the future day of the Lord ( Zech 9:12 ). Chiefly, however, the hope of the godly Israelites was an expectation of and reliance on God's blessing and provision in the present life ( Ezr 10:2; Job 11:18, 20 ; 14:7, 19; Ps 33:18–19, 22; 119:49–50 ; Lam 3:22–24).

In the NT the believer's hope is Christ ( I Tim 1:1). It resides in God ( Rom 15:13; I Pet 1:21), who has elected a people ( Phil 1:20; Eph 1:18 ) and given them hope through the gospel ( Col 1:More »  

New Topical Textbook: Hope Hope.

1.     In God. Ps 39:7 ; 1Pe 1:21. 2.     In Christ. 1Co 15:19 ; 1Ti 1:1. 3.     In God's promises. Ac 26:6 ,7; Tit 1:2. 4.     In the mercy of God. Ps 33:18 . 5.     Is the work of the Holy Spirit. Ro 15:13 ; Ga 5:5. 6.     Obtained througha.     Grace. 2Th 2:16 . b.     The word. Ps 119:81 . c.     Patience and comfort of the Scriptures. Ro 15:4. d.     The gospel. Col 1:5 ,23. e.     Faith. Ro 5:1 ,2; Ga 5:5.

7.     The result of experience. Ro 5:4 . 8.     A better hope brought in by Christ. Heb 7:19 . 9.     Described asa.     Good. 2Th 2:16 . b.     Lively. 1Pe 1:3 . c.     Sure and steadfast. Heb 6:19 . d.     Gladdening. Pr 10:28 . e.     Blessed. Tit 2:13 .

10.     Makes not ashamed. Ro 5:5 . 11.     Triumphs over difficulties. Ro 4:18 . 12.     Is an encouragement to boldness in preaching. 2Co 3:12. 13.     Saints

a.     Are called to. Eph 4:4 . b.     Rejoice in. Ro 5:2 ; 12:12. c.     Have all, the same. Eph 4:4 . d.     Have, in death. Pr 14:32 . e.     Should abound in. Ro 15:13 . f.     Should look for the object of. Tit 2:13 . g.     Should not be ashamed of. Ps 119:16 . h.     Should

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Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Hope Hope. To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.

The Old Testament. There are several Hebrew verbs that may in certain contexts be translated "to hope" in English. One of them, qāwâbāt, may denote "hope" in the sense of "trust," as when Jeremiah addresses God, "Our hope is in you" ( Jer. 14:22). He also uses a noun formed from the root qwḥ to teach that the Lord is the hope of Israel ( 14:8; 17:13 ; 50:7), which means that Israel's God is worthy of trust. Another noun from the same root, tiqwâbāt , is often also translated "hope" meaning "trust." Similarly, the verb qāwâbāt is parallel to bāṭaḥ, "to trust," in Psalm 25:2–3.

In the Old Testament believers are encouraged to wait for God hopefully, expectantly. In times of trouble one should wait for the Lord, who will turn things around ( Pss. 25:21; 27:14 ; 40:1 ; 130:5). Sometimes expressions of hope are accompanied by the prayer that the supplicant will not be More »  

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The Great Doctrines of the Bible: Hope HOPE

Believers are delivered from the great misery facing mankind of "having no hope," Eph. 2:12. At least seven revealed certitudes are eagerly expected by Christians. All of them are doubtless comprehended in "the hope of His calling," Eph. 1:18, "the hope which is laid up for you in heaven," Col. 1:5. The seven are:

1. The blessed hope of the personal return of Christ, Tit. 2:13 .2. The resurrection of the body in a glorious new form, never again subject

to sickness, weakness or death, Acts 23:6.3. The restoration of loved ones who have fallen asleep in Christ, 1 Thess.

4:13–18 .4. Fellowship with converts and other saints, 1 Thess. 2:19 .5. Being presented spotless, 2 Pet. 3:14 and faultless, Jude 24, in

unutterable glory, Col. 1:27.6. Entering into eternal life with all it means, such as reigning with Christ,

Rev. 3:21 ; 22:5, and knowing God, John 17:3 .7. The receiving of an inheritance which is reserved in heaven until that

moment, 1 Pet. 1:3, 4 .This exceedingly

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New Dictionary of Theology: Hope HOPE. 'Hope' has two main senses in theology. It can define either the object of hope, namely Christ and all that his final coming implies (see Eschatology), or the attitude of hoping. This article deals with the latter.

To hope means to look forward expectantly for God's future activity. The ground of hope is God's past activity in Jesus Christ, who points the way to God's purposes for his creation. Thus the believer looks forward to the resurrection of God's people and the arrival of God's kingdom, confident because Jesus has inaugurated the kingdom and has been raised from death . In worship he prays, 'Your kingdom come', and celebrates the Lord's Supper in anticipation of the heavenly banquet, because he looks back to Christ's death and resurrection which open the way to the kingdom ( 1 Cor. 11:26). In community with others, he experiences the Spirit as a foretaste of the eschatological kingdom ( 2 Cor. 1:22). Because he expects to be like Christ in the end, he seeks to be like Christ More »  

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In addition to the views of Reymond and Chantry, there have been other attempts to see "when the perfect comes" as some time before Christ's return, but we will not treat them in detail here. Such views all break down at verse 12, where Paul implies that believers will see God "face to face" "when the perfect comes." This cannot be been said about the time suggested in any of these other proposals.

The proposal about the completion of the canon of New Testament Scripture (the group of writings that came to be included in the New Testament) also fails to fit Paul's purpose in the context. If we take A.D. 90 as the approximate date of the writing of Revelation, the last New Testament book written, then the end of the writing of Scripture came about thirty-five years after Paul wrote 1 Corinthians (about A.D. 55). But would it be persuasive to argue as follows: "We can be sure that love will never end, for

we know that it will last more than thirty-five years"? This would hardly be a convincing More »  

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Greek Root Words | ESV NT Rev. Int.

hope ἐλπίς ἐλπίζω ὁ ἐλπίς εἰ ἄρα γέ ἐλπίζω εἰμί προελπίζω ὁ ἐλπίζω Click a node for more details.

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The ESV English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament – (3)

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1 Tim 4:10   

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

1 Tim 5:5    • She who is truly a widow, • left all alone, has set her hope on God

and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, Heb 6:19    We have this as a • sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, • a hope

that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,  ἄρα (1)Particle    hope

Acts 17:27   

that they should seek God, in the hope that * they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

 γέ (1)Particle    hope

Acts 17:27   

that they should seek God, in the hope that * they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

 εἰ (1)Particle    hope

Acts 17:27   

that they should seek God, in the hope that * they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

 εἰμί (1)Verb, present, active, indicative    hoped1 Cor 15:19    If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people

most to be pitied.  ἐλπίζω (27)Verb, aorist, active, imperative    hope

1 Pet 1:13   

Therefore, preparing * your minds for action, * and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Verb, future, active, indicative    hope (2)Matt 12:21    and in his name the Gentiles will hope."

Rom 15:12    And again Isaiah says,, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who

arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope ." Verb, imperfect, active, indicative    hoped, hoping

Luke 23:8   

• When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.

Luke    But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and

24:21 besides all this, it is now * the third day since these things happened.

Verb, perfect, active    hopes

1 Tim 6:17   

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. •

Verb, perfect, active, nominative    hoped1 Cor 15:19    If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people

most to be pitied. Verb, perfect, active, indicative    hope (2)John 5:45    Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who

accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope . 2 Cor 1:10    He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On

him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. Verb, present, active, nominative    hope, hoped (2)Acts 24:26    • At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by

Paul. • So he sent for him often and conversed with him. 1 Tim 3:14    I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you

so that, 1 Pet 3:5    For this is how • • the holy women who hoped in God used to

adorn themselves, by submitting to their husbands, Verb, present, active, indicative    hope (11), hopes (2), hoping

Acts 26:7   

to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!

Rom 8:24    For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not

hope. For who hopes for what he sees? Rom 8:25    But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with

patience.

Rom 15:24   

• I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.

1 Cor 13:7    Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things. 1 Cor 16:7    For I do not want to see you now just in passing. • I hope to

spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. 2 Cor 1:13    For we are not writing to you anything other • than what you read

and acknowledge and I hope • you will fully acknowledge—

2 Cor 5:11   

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.

2 Cor 13:6    • I hope • you will find out that we have not failed the test.

Phil 2:19    • I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I

too may be cheered by news of you. Phil 2:23    • I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go

with me,

Philem 22    At the same time, • prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping

that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.

2 John 12   

Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, * so that our joy may be complete.

3 John 14    • I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. *

Verb, present, passive, genitive    hopedHeb 11:1    Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of

things not seen.  ἐλπίς (53)Noun, accusative    hope (17), hopesActs 24:15    having a hope in God, which these men themselves • accept, that

there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

Rom 4:18   

In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be."

Rom 5:4    and endurance produces character, and character produces

hope,

Rom 15:4   

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope .

2 Cor 3:12    Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

2 Cor 10:15   

We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our • area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged,

Gal 5:5    For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

Eph 2:12   

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Phil 1:20   

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

Col 1:5    because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

1 Thess 4:13   

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as • others do who have no hope .

1 Thess 5:8   

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

2 Thess 2:16   

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Titus 2:13    waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our

great God and Savior Jesus Christ, Titus 3:7    so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs

according to the hope of eternal life.

1 Pet 1:3   

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Pet 1:21    who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the

dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 1 John 3:3    And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is

pure. Noun, dative    hope (12)

Acts 2:26    therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.

Acts 26:6    And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,

Rom 4:18   In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be."

Rom 5:2   Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Rom 8:20    For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

Rom 8:24    For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

Rom 12:12    Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Rom 15:13    • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope .

1 Cor 9:10 (2)   

• Does he not speak entirely for our sake? • It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.

Eph 4:4    There is one body and one Spirit— just as • you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

Titus 1:2    in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Noun, genitive    hope (13)

Acts 23:6   

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, • "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."

Acts 26:7    to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship

night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king! Acts 28:20

   For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this

chain." Rom 15:13    • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Col 1:23   

if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, • not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

1 Thess 1:3

   remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Tim 1:1    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior

and of Christ Jesus our hope,

Heb 3:6   

but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope .

Heb 6:11    And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to

have the full assurance of hope until the end,

Heb 6:18   

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Heb 7:19    (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better

hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Heb 10:23    Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for

he who promised is faithful.

1 Pet 3:15   

but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;

Noun, nominative    hope (10)

Acts 16:19   

But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Acts 27:20   

• When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

Rom 5:5   and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Rom 8:24 (2)    For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not

hope . For who hopes for what he sees? 1 Cor 13:13    So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest

of these is love.

2 Cor 1:7    • Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

Eph 1:18   having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called * you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Col 1:27    To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is

Christ in you, the hope of glory. 1 Thess 2:19    For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord

Jesus at his coming? • Is it not • you?  ὁ (12)Definite Article, accusative    hope, hopes

Rom 15:4   

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope .

1 John 3:3    And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Definite Article, dative    hope (2)Rom 12:12    Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Rom 15:13    • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope . Definite Article, genitive    hope (4)Rom 15:13    • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,

so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 1 Thess 1:3    remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and

labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Tim 1:1    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior

and of Christ Jesus our hope, Heb 6:11    And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to

have the full assurance of hope until the end, Definite Article, nominative    hope (3), hoped

Acts 16:19   

But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Rom 5:5   

and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

2 Cor 1:7    • Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in

our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort. 1 Pet 3:5    For this is how • • the holy women who hoped in God used to

adorn themselves, by submitting to their husbands,  προελπίζω (1)Verb, perfect, active, accusative    hopeEph 1:12    so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the

praise of his glory.