Definition:
ἐλπίς (ἑλ, Rom.8:20, WH, see Bl, § 4, 3; M, Pr., 44), -ίδος, ἡ [in LXX for בָּטַח and its derivatives, תִּקְוָה (frequently in Jb), etc;] expectation (in cl, rarely of evil, mostly of good, and so always in NT), hope; 1) of hope in general: 2Co.1:6; with genitive obj, Act.16:19; art. inf, Act.27:20, 1Co.9:10; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα, Rom.4:18; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, 1Co.9:10. 2) Of religious hope: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, Act.2:26 26:6, Rom.4:18 8:20, Tit.1:2; τῇ ἐ. ἐσώθημεν, Rom.8:24; κατ᾽ ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου, Tit.3:7; of the Messianic hope of Israel, Act.23:6 26:6-7 28:20; of Christian hope, Rom.5:2-5 12:12 15:4, 13, 1Co.13:13, 2Th.2:16, Heb.3:6 6:11 7:19 10:23, 1Pe.1:3 1:21 3:15; with genitive obj, Rom.5:2, Col.1:27, 1Th.1:3 5:8, Tit.1:2; with genitive of that on which the hope is based, Act.26:6, Eph.1:18 4:4, Col.1:23; ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἐ, Rom.15:13; ἔχειν ἐ. (= cl. ἐλπίζειν), Act.24:15, Rom.15:4, 2Co.3:12 10:15, Eph.2:12, 1Th.4:13; before ἐπί, with dative, 1Jn.3:3; εἰς, Act.24:15; ὅτι, Rom.8:20, Php.1:20-21. Meton, (a) of the author or ground of hope (cl.): 1Th.2:19, 1Ti.1:1; with genitive obj, Col.1:27; (b) of the thing hoped for: Gal.5:5, Col.1:5, Tit.2:13, Heb.6:18 (Cremer, 252, 712). (AS)
Definition:
ἐλπ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, (see. ἔλπω)
hope, expectation (δόξα μελλόντων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων after the wreck of many
hopes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
expectancy, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Constr, in _Attic dialect_, with _genitive_ both of subject and object, as (where both are conjoined) Πελοποννησίων τὴν ἐλπίδα τοῦ ναυτικοῦ
the hope of the P.
in their navy, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμέτεραι ἐλπίδες,= ἐς ὑμᾶς, [
Refs]; ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχω, ={ἐλπίζω}, with
future infinitive, μὴ οὐ δώσειν δίκην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
aorist infinitive, κλέος εὑρέσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+] and
future infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐλπίδι εἰμί, with
future infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίς [ἐστί] μοι with
accusative and
future infinitive or
aorist, ἐλπίς τις αὐτὸν ἥξειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
present infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίδας μεγάλας ἔν τινι ἔχειν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίν᾽ ὑπάγεις μ᾽ ἐς ἐλπίδ; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίδας ἐμποιεῖν ἀνθρώποις, ὑποθεῖναί τισι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίδα or ἐλπίδας ὑπογράφειν, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond
hope, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
object of hope, a hope, Ὀρέστης, ἐ. δόμων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑμεῖς, ἡ μόνη ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Εὔτυχος, ἡ γονέων ἐ. [
Refs]
3)
reason to expect or
believe, πολλὴ ἐ. κτήσασθαι, νοητὸν εἶναι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
anxious thought on the future, boding, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]