ἐλπίς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐλπίς
ἐλπίδος
Structure:
ἐλπιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- hope, expectation
- object of hope
- anxiety, boding
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- αὐθημερὸν ἀποδώσεισ τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἐπιδύσεται ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ, ὅτι πένησ ἐστὶ καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχει τὴν ἐλπίδα. καὶ καταβοήσεται κατὰ σοῦ πρὸσ Κύριον, καὶ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ ἁμαρτία. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 24:15)
- εἰ ἔρρωσθε καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὰ ἴδια κατὰ γνώμην ἐστὶν ὑμῖν, εὔχομαι μὲν τῷ Θεῷ τὴν μεγίστην χάριν, εἰσ οὐρανὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχων, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 9:20)
- οὐκ ἀπογινώσκων τὰ κατ̓ ἐμαυτόν, ἀλλὰ ἔχων πολλὴν ἐλπίδα ἐκφεύξεσθαι τὴν ἀσθένειαν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 9:22)
- ἐμοὶ δὲ τὸ προσκολλᾶσθαι τῷ Θεῷ ἀγαθόν ἐστι, τίθεσθαι ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου τοῦ ἐξαγγεῖλαί με πάσασ τὰσ αἰνέσεισ σου ἐν ταῖσ πύλαισ τῆσ θυγατρὸσ Σιών. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 72:28)
- ἵνα θῶνται ἐπὶ τὸν Θεὸν τὴν ἐλπίδα αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἐπιλάθωνται τῶν ἔργων τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὰσ ἐντολὰσ αὐτοῦ ἐκζητήσωσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 77:7)
Synonyms
-
hope
-
object of hope
-
anxiety
