G1680 ἐλπίς
Strong's Greek Concordance · 55 KJV occurrences
ἐλπίς
elpís
Definition
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
KJV Renderings
faith, hope
Derivation / Etymology
from a primary (to anticipate, usually with pleasure);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 55)
- Acts 2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
- Acts 27:20And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
- Romans 8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
- Romans 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
- Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
- Colossians 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
- Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- Hebrews 7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.