Word study · lex.G1679
ἐλπίζω elpizō
hope · hope for · expect · trust
Team definition
A verb for looking for, expecting, or hoping. It takes an object, an infinitive, or a clause, and with a preposition it can mark the person or thing hoped in. Rom 15:12 uses it with ἐπί of the one in whom the nations hope, in a citation. Rom 15:24 uses it with an infinitive of a travel plan. The entry records the lexical construction; it does not decide whether the plan was carried out.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 31
Matt 12:21Luke 6:34Luke 23:8Luke 24:21John 5:45Acts 24:26Acts 26:7Rom 8:24Rom 8:25Rom 15:12Rom 15:241 Cor 13:71 Cor 15:191 Cor 16:72 Cor 1:102 Cor 1:132 Cor 5:112 Cor 8:52 Cor 13:6Phil 2:19Phil 2:231 Tim 3:141 Tim 4:101 Tim 5:51 Tim 6:17Phlm 1:22Heb 11:11 Pet 1:131 Pet 3:52 John 1:123 John 1:14
Senses
1. hope in someone Rom 15:12
2. hope or expect to do something Rom 15:24
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. ἐλπίζω (G1679)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1679
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Servant of the circumcision and Gentile praise (15:7–13) Rom 15:7; Rom 15:8; Rom 15:9; Rom 15:10; Rom 15:11; Rom 15:12; Rom 15:13