ἘΠΕΛΠΙΣΑΣ, ἐπελπισας
EPELPISAS, epelpisas
Sounds Like: eh-pel-PI-sas
Translations: to hope, to expect, to put one's hope in, to trust
From the root: ἘΠΕΛΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to hope' or 'to expect'. It implies placing one's trust or confidence in something or someone. It is often used with a preposition like 'ἐπί' (epi) followed by a dative case to indicate the object of hope or trust, or with an infinitive to express the action hoped for.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1679 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 7:205
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΕΛΠΙΖΩ.
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- ἘΠΕΛΠΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — hoping, having hope, trusting, putting hope in
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