Quick Definition
ἀπελπίζω v. I despair
Strong's Definition
to hope out, i.e. fully expect
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G1679 (ἐλπίζω);
KJV Usage: hope for again
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐλπίζω
30.54 · Think · To Think Concerning Future Contingencies
to expect, to hope to expect, with the implication of some benefit
1 It is possible that ἀπελπίζω differs from ἐλπίζω[b] in focusing upon an expectation of something coming back or expecting something in return, but the shift from ἐλπίζω to ἀπελπίζω may be merely a matter of stylistic variation.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-ελπίζω (Lchm. ἀφελπίζω, [ef. gram. reff. s. v. apei8ov]); to despair [W. 24]: μηδὲν ἀπελπίζοντες nothing despairing se. of the hoped-for recompense from God the requiter, Lk. vi. 35, [T WH mrg. μηδένα ἀπελπ.; if this reading is to be tolerated it may be rendered despairing of noone, or even causing no one to despair (ef. the Jerus. Syriac). Tdf. himself seems half inclined to take μηδένα as neut. plur., a form thought to be not wholly unprecedented ; ef. Steph. Thesaur. v. col. 962]. (Is. xxix. 19; 2 Mace. ix. 18; Sir. xxii. 21; [xxvii. 21; Judith ix. 11]; often in Polyb. and Diod. [ef. Soph. Lex. s. v.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπελπίζω apelpizō 1x
to lay aside hope, despond, despair; also, to hope for something in return, Lk. 6:35*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀπ-ελπίζω,
[in LXX: Is 29:19 (אֶבְיוֹן), Jth 9:11, Es 4:17, Si 22:21 27:21, II Mac 9:18*;]
to give up in despair, despair of (Polyb., Diod., LXX).
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.), Lk 6:35.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπελπίζω fectivizing preposition in an entirely normal way, was a resource available for and generally used by any real thinker writing Greek. What else are we to infer from the list of ἅπαξ εἰρημένα which any writer’s 7udex verborum willafford, even if the majority were really only ἅπαξ edpynpéva? The case of ἀπεκδέχομαι (7.v.) may be taken with this; but there, if Paul coined the word, he used it again, which he did not with these. On the problem of Col 215 we have nothing to contribute that would be relevant in this work.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπελπίζω (apelpizō) — to despair. ἀπελπ-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ιῶ[Refs 1st c.BC+]perfect -ήλπικα:—despair of, τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίαν[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be given up in despair, τὰ πράγματα[Refs]; of persons, to be despaired of, οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοι[LXX+2nd c.BC+] (ἀφηλπ-).
2. ἀ. τινός despair of,[Refs 2nd c.BC+] οὐκ ἀ. τινός to be confident of, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. absolutely, hope that a thing will not happen, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. causal, drive to despair, τινά[Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. hope to receive back, μηδὲν (variant{μηδένα}) ἀπελπίζοντες[NT]