ἐλπίζω; impf. ἤλπιζον; Attic fut. ἐλπιῶ (Mt. xii. 21, and often in Sept. [(whence in Ro. xy. 12); ef. B. 37 (32); W.§13,1¢.]; the com. form ἐλπίσω does not occur in bibl. Grk.); 1 aor. ἤλπισα; pf. ἤλπικα ; [pres. pass. ἐλπίζομαι] ; (ἐλπίς, 4- v-); Sept. for M3 to trust; Mon to flee for refuge ; Sm to wait, to hope; to hope (in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full of confidence): τί, Ro. viii. 24 sq.; 1 Co. xiii. 7; (τὰ) ἐλπιζόμενα, things hoped for, Heb. xi. 1 [but WH mrg. connect ἐλπ. with the foll. tpayp.]; once with dat. of the obj. on which the hope rests, hopefully to trust in: τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ (as in prof. auth. once τῇ τύχῃ, Thue. 3, 97, 2), Mt. xii. 21 GLTTr WH [cf. B. 176 (153)]; καθώς, 2 Co. viii. δ. foll. by an inf. relating to the subject of the verb ἐλπίζω [cf. W. 331 (311); B. 259 (223)]: Lk. vi. 34; xxiii. 8; Acts xxvi.7; Ro. xv. 24; 1 Co. xvi. 7; Phil. ii. [19], 23; 1 Tim. iii. 14; 2 Jn. 12; 3Jn.14; foll. by a pf. inf. 2 Co. v. 11; foll. by ὅτι with a pres. Lk. xxiv. 21; ὅτε with a fut., Acts xxiv. 26; 2 Co. i. 13; xiii. 6; Philem. 22. Peculiar to bibl. Grk. is the constr. of this verb with prepositions and a case of noun or pron. (cf. B. 175 (152) sq. [ef. 337 (290); W. § 33, d.; Ellic. on 1 Tim. iv. 10]): εἴς τινα, to direct hope unto one, Jn. v. 45 (pf. ἠλπίκατε. in whom you have put your hope, and rely upon it [W. § 40, 4 a.]); 1 Pet. iii. 5 L TTrWH; with addition of ὅτι with fut. 2 Co. i. 10 [L txt. Tr WH br. ὅτι, and so detach the foll. clause]; ἐπί τινι, to build hope on one, as on a foundation, (often in Sept.), Ro. xv. 12 (fr. Is. xi. 10); 1 Tim. iv. 10; vi. 17; ἔν tum, to repose hope in one, 1 Co. xv. 19; foll. by inf. Phil. ii. 19; ἐπί with ace. fo direct hope towards something: ἐπί τι, to hope to receive something, 1 Pet. i. 13; ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, of those who hope for something from God, 1 Pet. iii. 5 RG; 1 Tim. v. 5, (and often in Sept.). [Comp.: ἀπ-, προ-ελπίζω.

ἐλπίζω elpizō 31x

to hope, expect, Lk. 23:8; 24:21; to repose hope and confidence in, trust, confide, Mt. 12:21; Jn. 5:45

ἐλπίζω

[in LXX chiefly for בָּטַח, also for חָסָה, יָחַל pi., hi., etc. ;]

to look for, expect, hope (for): c. acc rei, Ro 8:24, 25, I Co 13:7, He 11:1; c. dat. rei (τ. τύχῃ, Thuc., iii, 97, 2), Mt 12:21; seq. καθώς, II Co 8:5; c. inf., Lk 6:34 23:8, Ac 26:7, Ro 15:24, I Co 16:7, II Co 5:11, Phl 2:19, 23, I Ti 3:14, II Jo 12, III Jo 14; seq. ὅτι, c. pres., Lk 24:21; c. fut., Ac 24:26, II Co 1:13 13:6, Phm 22. As in LXX (WM, § xxxiii, d; and esp. in the pf., Ellic. on I Ti 4:10; Bl., § 59, 2), c. prep.; εἰς, Jo 5:45 (v. Ellis., l.c.), I Pe 3:5; seq. ὅτι, II Co 1:10; ἐπί, c. dat., Ro 15:12 (LXX), I Ti 4:10 6:17; ἐν, I Co 15:19; c. acc, I Pe 1:13 (aor. imper. v. Bl., § 58, 2); τ. θεόν, I Ti 5:5 (of. ἀπ-, προ-ελπίζω, v. Cremer, 255).†

ἐλπίζω. In ἃ soldier’s letter to his father the writer announces— ἐλπίζω ταχὺ προκόσαι (/. προκόψαι) τῶν θε[ῶ]ν θελόντων, ΚΤ hope to be quickly promoted, if the gods will’’ (BGU II. 42317 (ii/A.D.) = Selections, p. 91). Nero is described as ὃ δὲ τῆς οἰκουμένης καὶ προσδοκηθεὶς καὶ ἐλπισθείς in P Oxy VII. 10218 (A.D. 54): cf. Sy 3645 (A.D. 37) ἐπεὶ ἡ κατ᾽ εὐχὴν πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐλπισθεῖσα Γαΐου Καίσαρος Teppaνικοῦ Σεβαστοῦ ἡγεμονία κατήνγελται, οὐδὲν δὲ μέτρον χαρᾶς εὕρηκ(ε)ν ὁ κόσμος κτλ. When in P Ryl II. 2435 (ii/A.D.) two women write to their steward ἐλπίζοντες σὺν θεῷ τὸ πεδείον σπαρῆναι, the use of θεός alone does not, as the editors note, imply that the writer was a Christian (cf. Archiv i. p. 436), but P Iand 11? (iii/A.p.) ἐλπίδω yap εἰς θεὸν ὅτι παρακληθῆναι [βούλεται ὁ κύριός] pov ὁ ᾿Ε[πίμα]χος seems to point to Christian (or Jewish) authorship, cf. 1 Pet 3° and see the editor’s note. See also PSI IV. 301° (v/A.D.) ἐλπίζωμεν (/. —opev) yap els τὸν θεὸν τὸν παντοκράτορα. MGr ἐλπίζω, ἐρπίζω. ἐλπίς. BGU II. 4865 (}Α.}.) ὅτε καὶ οἱ νέοι καρ[ποὶ τὰς βελτίσ]τας παρέχουσιν ἡμεῖν ἐλπίδας. P Oxy VII. 1070!

ἐλπίζω (elpizō) — to hope/expect. ἐλπίζω, Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[LXX+NT+4th c.BC+]: aorist ἤλπισα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἤλπικα [NT+3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect ἠλπίκειν [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἠλπίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἤλπισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], hope for, or rather (in earlier writers) look for, expect:—Constr.: with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with a dependent clause in infinitive, hope to do, or hope or expect that..; with future infinitive, ἐ. μιν ἀποθανέεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν Εὐρώπην δουλώσεσθαι (variant{-ασθαι}) [Refs]: with aorist infinitive, ἐ. ποτὲ δεῖξαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the infinitive may be omitted, ἔκλυον ἃν.. οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἤλπισ᾽ αὐδάν (i.e. κλύειν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐ. ὅπως.., with future, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ μηδαμὰ ἐλπισθὲν ἥξειν [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. of evils, look for, fear, in same construction, δύστανον ἐ. αἶσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] followed by aorist subjunctive, οὐδαμὰ ἐλπίσας μή κοτε ἐλάσῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. with present infinitive, deem, suppose that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκότα ἐλπίζων[Refs 4th c.BC+]; βοῦν ἢ λέοντ᾽ ἤλπιζες ἐντείνειν βρόχοι; [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. with dative, hope in.., τῇ τύχῃ [NT+5th c.BC+]: also with Preps., ἔν τισι [LXX]; πρός τι[LXX+NT]