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ἐλπίς

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ἐλπίς
Citation form	ἐλπίς, ίδος, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	hope, expectation
Strong’s	G1680
Transliteration	elpís
Definition	expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
KJV glosses	:--faith, hope.
Derivation	from a primary (to anticipate, usually with pleasure)
SBLGNT occurrences	48

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 form	Grammar and occurrences
ἐλπίδα	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 24:15 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 15:4 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 4:18 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 5:4 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Corinthians 10:15 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Corinthians 3:12 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Galatians 5:5 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Ephesians 2:12 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philippians 1:20 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Colossians 1:5 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 4:13 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Thessalonians 5:8 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 2 Thessalonians 2:16 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Titus 2:13 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Titus 3:7 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Peter 1:21 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Peter 1:3 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 John 3:3
ἐλπίδι	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 2:26 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 26:6 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 12:12 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 15:13 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 4:18 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 5:2 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 8:24 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — 1 Corinthians 9:10 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Ephesians 4:4 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Titus 1:2
ἑλπίδι	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 8:20
ἐλπίδος	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 23:6 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 26:7 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 28:20 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Romans 15:13 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Colossians 1:23 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 1:3 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 1 Timothy 1:1 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 10:23 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 3:6 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 6:11 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 6:18 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 7:19 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 1 Peter 3:15
ἐλπὶς	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 16:19 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 27:20 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 5:5 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 8:24 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 1:7 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Ephesians 1:18 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Colossians 1:27 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 2:19
ἐλπίς	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Romans 8:24 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Corinthians 13:13

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Septuagint occurrences

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