ἀπελπίζω (Lachmann ἀφελπίζω (cf. grammatical references under the word ἀφειδον)); to despair (Winer's Grammar, 24): μηδέν ἀπελπίζοντες nothing despairing namely, of the hoped-for recompense from God the requiter, Luk_6:35 (T WH marginal reading μηδένα ἀπελπίζοντες; if this reading is to be tolerated it may be rendered despairing of no one, or even causing no one to despair (cf. the Jerus: Syriac). Tdf. himself seems half inclined to take μηδένα as neuter plural, a form thought to be not wholly unprecedented; cf. Stephanus' Thesaurus v. col. 962). (Isa_29:19; 2Ma_9:18; Sir_22:21; (; Jdt_9:11); often in Polybius and Diodorus (cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).) STRONGS NT 560: ἀφελπίζωἀφελπίζω, equivalent to ἀπελπίζω, which see; cf. ἀφειδον.

ἀπελπίζω apelpizō 1x to lay aside hope, despond, despair; also, to hope for something in return, Luk_6:35

† ἀπ -ελπίζω , [in LXX : Isa_29:19 ( H34 ), Jdt_9:11 , Ezr_4:17 , Sir_22:21 ; Sir_27:21 , 2Ma_9:18 * ;] 1. to give up in despair, despair of ( Polyb ., Diod ., LXX ). 2. to hope to receive from or in return ( Field, Notes , 59; Cremer , 712; Soph., Lex. , s.v. ): c . acc ( M ; Pr., 65; MM , s.v. ), Luk_6:35 .†

ἀπελπίζω [page 56] This late compound generally takes the acc. instead of the natural gen., as in Luk_6:35 if we read μηδένα with ΰ W etc., and the Lewis Syriac : see Proleg. p. 65. The passive is found Syll 8o7 .10 (ii/A.D.) αἷμα ἀναφέροντι . . . ἀφηλπισμένῳ ὑπὸ παντὸς ἀνθρώπου , the faith-cure of a man who had been given up. (For the φ , which occurs in Lk l.c. DP, and twice in this inscription, see Proleg. p. 44.) The editor restores the verb in OGIS 194 .20 (i/B.C.) ὥσπερ λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ καὶ δαίμων ἀγαθ [ὸς τοῖς ἀπελπίζουσι ]ν ἐπέλαμψε . There is a good collection of instances from literature in Linde Epicurus p. 31 f., beginning with Hyperides. His passage from Epicurus himself is worth quoting : 62 .6 τὸ μέλλον . . . μήτε . . προσμένωμεν ὡς ἐσόμενον μήτε ἀπελπίζωμεν ὡς πάντως οὐκ ἐσόμενον . It survives in MGr.

ἀπελπίζω "to give up in despair, to despair", NTest. ; (others "to hope to receive from" another); "to drive to despair", τινά Anth.

ἀπ-ελπίζω [in LXX: Isa.29:19 (אֶבְיוֹן), Jdth.9:11, Est.4:17, Sir.22:21 27:21, 2Ma.9:18 * ;] __1. to give up in despair, despair of (Polyb., Diod., LXX). __2. to hope to receive from or in return (Field, Notes, 59; Cremer, 712; Soph., Lex., see word): with accusative (M; Pr., 65; MM, see word), Luk.6:35.† (AS)