ἐλπίς

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: 2 Kor 1,6 with genitive obj., ApG 16,19 art. inf., ApG 27,20, 1 Kor 9,10; παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα, Rom 4,18 ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, 1 Kor 9,10,

2. Of religious hope: ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι, ApG 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, ApG 23,6; 26,6-7; 28,20; of Christian hope, Rom 5,2-5; 12,12; 15,4, 13, 1 Kor 13,13, 2 Thess 2,16, Hebr 3,6; 6,11; 7,19; 10,23, 1 Pet 1,3; 1,21; 3,15; with genitive obj., Rom 5,2, Kol 1,27, 1 Thess 1,3; 5,8, Tit 1,2; with genitive of that on which the hope is based, ApG 26,6, Ef 1,18; 4,4, Kol 1,23; ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἐ., Rom 15,13 ἔχειν ἐ. (= cl. ἐλπίζειν), ApG 24,15, Rom 15,4, 2 Kor 3,12; 10,15, Ef 2,12, 1 Thess 4,13; before ἐπί, with dative, 1 Joh 3,3 εἰς, ApG 24,15 ὅτι, Rom 8,20, Fil 1,20-21. Meton.,

(a) of the author or ground of hope (cl.): 1 Thess 2,19, 1 Tim 1,1; with genitive obj., Kol 1,27

(b) of the thing hoped for: Gal 5,5, Kol 1,5, Tit 2,13, Hebr 6,18 (Cremer, 252, 712).†