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    Hope (Elpis)

    ἐλπίς (elpis)

    Confident expectation — a certain assurance of future good grounded in God's character.

    Greek
    Pronunciation: el-PEES

    Definition

    Elpis is the Greek word for hope, meaning confident expectation of future good based on God's promises. Unlike wishful thinking, biblical hope is an anchor of the soul — certain because God is faithful.

    Featured KJV occurrences (3)

    Romans 8:24-25

    “For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?”
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    Hebrews 6:19

    “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast.”
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    1 Peter 1:3

    “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
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