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ἐλπίζω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaἐλπίζω
Citation formἐλπίζω
Part of speechverb
GlossI hope, hope for, expect
Strong’sG1679
Transliterationelpízō
Definitionto expect or confide
KJV glosses:--(have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences31

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐλπίζει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Acts 26:7
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Romans 8:24
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 13:7
ἐλπίζετε
verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--) — Luke 6:34
ἐλπίζομεν
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — Romans 8:25
ἐλπιζομένων
verb, present, passive, participle, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT -PPPGPN-) — Hebrews 11:1
ἐλπίζουσαι
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNPF-) — 1 Peter 3:5
ἐλπίζω
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Romans 15:24
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 16:7
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 2 Corinthians 1:13
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 2 Corinthians 13:6
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 2 Corinthians 5:11
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Philippians 2:23
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Philemon 1:22
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 2 John 1:12
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — 3 John 1:14
Ἐλπίζω
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Philippians 2:19
ἐλπίζων
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-) — Acts 24:26
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNSM-) — 1 Timothy 3:14
ἐλπιοῦσιν
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Matthew 12:21
verb, third person, future, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FAI-P--) — Romans 15:12
ἐλπίσατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 2AAD-P--) — 1 Peter 1:13
ἤλπιζέν
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Luke 23:8
ἠλπίζομεν
verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1IAI-P--) — Luke 24:21
ἠλπίκαμεν
verb, first person, perfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1XAI-P--) — 2 Corinthians 1:10
verb, first person, perfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1XAI-P--) — 1 Timothy 4:10
ἠλπίκατε
verb, second person, perfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2XAI-P--) — John 5:45
ἤλπικεν
verb, third person, perfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3XAI-S--) — 1 Timothy 5:5
ἠλπικέναι
verb, perfect, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -XAN----) — 1 Timothy 6:17
ἠλπικότες
verb, perfect, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -XAPNPM-) — 1 Corinthians 15:19
ἠλπίσαμεν
verb, first person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1AAI-P--) — 2 Corinthians 8:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ελπιζω.

Additional Greek lexicons

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