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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition): hope

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1hope \ˈhōp\ vb

hoped;hop•ing [ME, fr. OEhopian; akin to MHG hoffen to hope] vi bef. 12c

1:to cherish a desire with anticipation 〈hopes for a promotion〉

2archaic:trustvt

1:to desire with expectation of obtainment

2:to expect with confidence :trustsyn see expect — hop•er n—hope against hope:to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment

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2hope n

bef. 12c

1archaic:trust, reliance

2a:desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment 〈came in hopes of seeing you 〉also:expectation of fulfillment or success 〈no hope of a cure〉

b:someone or something on which hopes are centered 〈our only hope for victory〉

c:something hoped for

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition: hope

1hope \ˈhōp\ verb

hoped; hop•ing

[Middle English, from Old English hopian; akin to Middle High German hoffen to hope]

(before 12th century)

intransitive verb

1: to cherish a desire with anticipation 〈hopes for a promotion〉

2archaic: trust

transitive verb

1: to desire with expectation of obtainment

2: to expect with confidence : trust

synonymy see expect

— hop•ernoun

— hope against hope

: to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment

2hopenoun

(before 12th century)

1archaic: trust, reliance

2 a: desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment 〈came in hopes of seeing you〉; also: expectation of fulfillment or success 〈no hope of a cure〉

b: someone or something on which hopes are centered 〈our only hope for victory〉

c: something hoped for

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Hope

Hope, city (1990 pop. 9,643), seat of Hempstead co., SW Ark. Hope is a commercial center and a distribution point for an agricultural region. Its industries include food processing, printing, and the making of machinery and apparel. The city was the boyhood home of President Bill Clinton.

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third Edition: ἐλπίζω

ἐλπίζω Att. fut. ἐλπιῶ ; 1 aor. ἤλπισα; pf.ἤλπικα (B-D-F §341) (s. ἐλπίς; Trag. , Hdt.+)

①to look forward to someth., with implication of confidence about someth. coming to pass,hope, hope for (cp. Judg 20:36; PsSol 17:33 . both in the sense 'rely on, trust')

ⓐ abs. hope (for) ( Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 138 τὸ ἐλπίζειν) 2 Cor 8:5; B 12:7; 2 Cl 11:5; pres.pass. ptc. ἐλπιζόμεναwhat we hope for (Polyaenus 3, 9, 11 τὰ ἐλπιζόμενα ) Hb 11:1.

ⓑ w. indication of what is hoped for: in acc. (Is 38:18; Wsd 2:22) πάντα1 Cor 13:7.ὸ̔ γὰρ βλέπει τις ἐλπίζει Ro 8:24; cp. vs. 25. (W. εἰς : Sir 2:9 εἰς ἀγαθά; PsSol 15:1 εἰς βοήθειαν …τοῦ θεοῦ .) W. perf. inf.2 Cor 5:11; B 17:1. W. ὅτι foll. ( Polyb. 3, 63, 7; Arrian, Alex. An. 1, 4, 7; POxy 1672, 7 [c. 40 a.d.]; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 85) the deliverer of IsraelLk 24:21.W. acc. and pres. inf. (Just., D . 32, 2 ἐλπίζων τινὰ ἐξ ὑμῶν δύνασθαι εὑρεθήναι) Hm 12, 6, 4. W. the connotation of desire ( Appian, Bell. Civ. 2,

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains: hope

hope

25.59–64; 30.54

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations: Hope

Hope

Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius in Lives of the Philosophers

[This has also been attributed to Pindar and Plato.]

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. —Francis Bacon, Apophthegms

Hope is a risk that must be run. — Georges Bernanos, Last Essays

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. — Bible, Proverbs13:12

Hope! of all ills that men endure,

The only cheap and universal cure.

— Abraham Cowley, The Mistress

"Hope" is the thing with feathers—

That perches in the soul—

And sings the tune without the words—

And never stops—at all—

— Emily Dickinson, "'Hope' is the thing with feathers"

If it were not for Hopes, the Heart would break. —Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia

Hope is the poor man's bread. — George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.—Robert G. Ingersoll, speech (1892)

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which

Harper's Bible Dictionary: Hope

Hope

hope, in the Bible the expectation of a favorable future under God's direction

Hope in the Old Testament: In the ot there is no easy correspondence between the nt words for hope ( Gk. elpis/elpizein ) and any specific Hebrew word, although the most frequent expression of the concept may lie with the Hebrew verbs 'to wait, to expect' (kawah) , and 'to be full of confidence, to trust' (batah). The present survey is limited to this word group and does not include the larger area of eschatology in general.

The prophet Jeremiah speaks for much of the ottradition when he utters: 'O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame; those who turn away from thee shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water' ( 17:13; see also 14:8). This text asserts that God is not only the hope of the nation but of the individual as well, a thought also echoed in Ps. 71:5: 'For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.' God's

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery: Hope

HOPE

Although the word hope appears more than 150 times in English translations, the imagery surrounding it is less plentiful. Even as an abstraction, however, hope has some of the vigor of an image when it appears in the evocative triad of faith, hope and love (1 Cor 13:13 ) and as the climactic item in a catalog of the virtues produced by suffering ( Rom 5:4–5). The essential quality of hope is that it is oriented to something in the future that one expects but does not yet possess (Rom 8:24–25).

The abstraction begins to assume some of the concreteness of an image when we observe the prepositions with which hope is linked in the Bible. We read that people hope in God or Christ (a dozen references), God's steadfast love (Ps 33:18; 147:11), God's word (Ps 119:81, 114, 147; 130:5) and the promise of God ( Acts 26:6). Biblical writers set their hope on God ( Jer 14:22; 1 Tim 5:5), Christ (Eph 1:12 ) and "the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed" ( 1 Pet 1:13 NRSV). They hope

Dictionary of Biblical Imagery: Hope

Dictionary of Paul and His Letters: Hope

HOPE

Hope is an essential characteristic of the Christian life and a central feature of Paul's theology. Every statement Paul makes about Christian hope is also a statement about what God has given the believer in Christ. In his letters, especially the letter to the Romans, Paul explores the ground of Christian hope, what it means to live in hope and the Christian hope for the future.

1.Hope in the OT

2.Hope in the Letters of Paul

Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments: Hope

Hope

In the later NT , hope is one of the defining marks of the believer. Despite the suffering that comes from living in a fallen world, the Christian is certain that God will one day complete what he has started in the lives of believers and in the whole cosmos.

1.Old Testament Background

2.Later New Testament

3.Apostolic Fathers

Easton's Bible Dictionary: Hope

Hope — one of the three main elements of Christian character ( 1 Cor. 13:13). It is joined to faith and love, and is opposed to seeing or possessing (Rom. 8:24; 1 John 3:2). "Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity ( 1 Pet. 3:15; Heb. 10:23 ). In it the whole glory of the Christian vocation is centred ( Eph. 1:18 ; 4:4)." Unbelievers are without this hope (Eph. 2:12; 1 Thess. 4:13). Christ is the actual object of the believer's hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled ( 1 Tim. 1:1; Col. 1:27; Titus 2:13 ). It is spoken of as "lively", i.e., a living, hope, a hope not frail and perishable, but having a perennial life ( 1 Pet. 1:3). In Rom. 5:2 the "hope" spoken of is probably objective, i.e., "the hope set before us," namely, eternal life (comp. 12:12). In 1 John 3:3 the expression "hope in him" ought rather to be, as in the Revised

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised: Hope

HOPE [Heb bāṭaḥ—'trust,' yāḥal—'wait for', qāwâ—'expect,' tiqwâ— 'expectation'; Gk elpízō,elpís, "hope", also "expect" ( 2 Cor. 8:5)]. A concept involving trustful anticipation, particularly with reference to the fulfillment of the promises of God.

I. General Considerations

II. OT

III. Intertestamental Period

A. Normative Piety

B. Apocalypticism

C. Rabbinic Judaism

D. Qumrân

IV. NT

A. Gospels and Acts

B. Epistles

1. In Relation to Believers

2. In Relation to the Creation

3. Coordinates of Hope

4. Symbols of Hope

C. Book of Revelation

V.The "Larger" Hope

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus: hope

hopeverb

synonymsexpect 1, await, count (on or upon), look

hopenoun

synonymstrust 1, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance, stock

Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary: Hope

HOPE — confident expectancy. In the Bible, the word "hope" stands for both the act of hoping ( Rom. 4:18; 1 Cor. 9:10) and the thing hoped for (Col. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:3). Hope does not arise from the individual's desires or wishes but from God, who is Himself the believer's hope: "My hope is in You" ( Ps. 39:7). Genuine hope is not wishful thinking, but a firm assurance about things that are unseen and still in the future (Rom. 8:24–25; Heb. 11:1, 7).

Hope distinguishes the Christian from the unbeliever, who has no hope (Eph. 2:12; 1 Thess. 4:13). Indeed, a Christian is one in whom hope resides ( 1 Pet. 3:15 ; 1 John 3:3 ). In contrast to Old Testament hope, the Christian hope is superior ( Heb. 7:19 ).

Christian hope comes from God (Rom. 15:13) and especially His calling ( Eph. 1:18; 4:4), His grace ( 2 Thess. 2:16), His Word ( Rom. 15:4) and His gospel ( Col. 1:23). Hope is directed toward God (Acts 24:15; 1 Pet. 1:21) and Christ (1 Thess. 1:3 ; 1 Tim. 1:1). Its appropri-ate objects are eternal life (

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition: Hope

HOPE. Hope, it would seem, is a psychological necessity, if man is to envisage the future at all. Even if there are no rational grounds for it, man still continues to hope. Very naturally such hope, even when it appears to be justified, is transient and illusory; and it is remarkable how often it is qualified by poets and other writers by such epithets as 'faint', 'trembling', 'feeble', 'desperate', 'phantom'. The Bible sometimes uses hope in the conventional sense. The ploughman, for example, should plough in hope ( 1 Cor. 9:10), for it is the hope of reward that sweetens labour. But for the most part the hope with which the Bible is concerned is something very different; and in comparison with it other hope is scarcely recognized as hope. The majority of secular thinkers in the ancient world did not regard hope as a virtue, but merely as a temporary illusion; and Paul was giving an accurate description of pagans when he said they had no hope (Eph. 2:12 ; cf. 1 Thes. 4:13), the fundamental

New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Hope

Hope

The theology of Jeremiah, which highlights plucking up and breaking down ( 1:10), also includes a promise to build and plant (1:10). Ultimately, God will give back to his covenant people the life and well-being that they once enjoyed. Every aspect of Jewish life will be restored after a seventy-year exile (25:11; 29:10). A collection of promises for the new Jewish community is found in chapters 30–33, known to scholars as 'The Book of Consolation'. It describes Israel's hope for the future.

Imagery of God wounding and healing is employed in 30:12–17 , and occurs not only in other poetic sections of Jeremiah (8:22 ; 10:19 ; 14:17), but also in the language of the prophet Hosea (Hos. 5:13 ; 6:1; 7:1; 11:3). As the compassionate physician of his people, God will cause new flesh to grow ( 30:17); a similar picture is found in Ezekiel ( Ezek. 37:6). God's remedy for the sick heart ( 17:9) will be to put his law directly on the heart of the new community ( 31:31–34). This passage, known as the '

New Nave's Topical Bible: Hope

Synonyms of the Old Testament: § 6. Hope.

Tyndale Bible Dictionary: Hope

HOPE An expectation or belief in the fulfillment of something desired. Present hurts and uncertainty over what the future holds create the constant need for hope. Worldwide poverty, hunger, disease, and human potential to generate terror and destruction create a longing for something better. Historically, people have looked to the future with a mixture of longing and fear. Many have concluded that there is no reasonable basis for hope and therefore that to hope is to live with an illusion. Scripture tells us that those who do not have God do not have hope ( Eph 2:12).

The modern world has sought hope in human effort and a belief in the inevitability of progress that assumed everything would naturally get better and better. The threat and reality of war in the 20th century challenged that optimism and left growing despair in its wake. Though many still find little reason to hope, others have returned to a humanistic basis for hope. It is held that because people are the source of the world's

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia: Hope

HOPE. In the OT several Heb. words are translated "hope" which signify "trust," "expectation," or "prospect." In both OT and NTthe object of one's hope varies according to human desires ( Prov 13:12; e.g ., gain, Acts 16:19; physical rescue, Acts 27:20; a husband, Ruth 1:12).

The chief theological use of the term "hope" was of trust in the supernatural, specifically in Yahweh as the God of Israel ( e.g., Ps 130:5; 146:5 ; Jer 17:7, 13). This trust was sometimes for safety from enemies ( Ps 71:4–5; Jer 14:8–9), tending in later usage toward deliverance in the future day of the Lord ( Zech 9:12 ). Chiefly, however, the hope of the godly Israelites was an expectation of and reliance on God's blessing and provision in the present life ( Ezr 10:2; Job 11:18, 20; 14:7, 19; Ps 33:18–19, 22; 119:49–50 ; Lam 3:22–24).

In the NT the believer's hope is Christ ( I Tim 1:1). It resides in God ( Rom 15:13; I Pet 1:21), who has elected a people (Phil 1:20; Eph 1:18) and given them hope through the gospel ( Col 1:

New Topical Textbook: Hope

Hope.

1.In God. Ps 39:7 ; 1Pe 1:21.

2.In Christ. 1Co 15:19; 1Ti 1:1.

3.In God's promises. Ac 26:6,7; Tit 1:2.

4.In the mercy of God. Ps 33:18.

5.Is the work of the Holy Spirit. Ro 15:13 ; Ga 5:5.

6.Obtained through

a.Grace. 2Th 2:16 .

b.The word. Ps 119:81.

c.Patience and comfort of the Scriptures. Ro 15:4.

d.The gospel. Col 1:5,23.

e.Faith. Ro 5:1 ,2; Ga 5:5.

7.The result of experience. Ro 5:4.

8.A better hope brought in by Christ. Heb 7:19 .

9.Described as

a.Good. 2Th 2:16 .

b.Lively. 1Pe 1:3 .

c.Sure and steadfast. Heb 6:19.

d.Gladdening. Pr 10:28.

e.Blessed. Tit 2:13 .

10.Makes not ashamed. Ro 5:5.

11.Triumphs over difficulties. Ro 4:18.

12.Is an encouragement to boldness in preaching. 2Co 3:12.

13.Saints

a.Are called to. Eph 4:4.

b.Rejoice in. Ro 5:2 ; 12:12.

c.Have all, the same. Eph 4:4.

d.Have, in death. Pr 14:32.

e.Should abound in. Ro 15:13.

f.Should look for the object of. Tit 2:13.

g.Should not be ashamed of. Ps 119:16.

h.Should

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Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Hope

Hope. To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.

The Old Testament. There are several Hebrew verbs that may in certain contexts be translated "to hope" in English. One of them, qāwâbāt, may denote "hope" in the sense of "trust," as when Jeremiah addresses God, "Our hope is in you" ( Jer. 14:22). He also uses a noun formed from the root qwḥ to teach that the Lord is the hope of Israel ( 14:8; 17:13; 50:7), which means that Israel's God is worthy of trust. Another noun from the same root, tiqwâbāt , is often also translated "hope" meaning "trust." Similarly, the verb qāwâbāt is parallel to bāṭaḥ, "to trust," in Psalm 25:2–3.

In the Old Testament believers are encouraged to wait for God hopefully, expectantly. In times of trouble one should wait for the Lord, who will turn things around ( Pss. 25:21; 27:14; 40:1; 130:5). Sometimes expressions of hope are accompanied by the prayer that the supplicant will not be

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