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ἐλπίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλπίς ἐλπίδος

Structure: ἐλπιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/lpw

Sense

hope, expectation
object of hope
anxiety, boding

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐλπίς	ἐλπίδε	ἐλπίδες
Genitive	ἐλπίδος	ἐλπίδοιν	ἐλπίδων
Dative	ἐλπίδι	ἐλπίδοιν	ἐλπίσιν*
Accusative	ἐλπίδα	ἐλπίδε	ἐλπίδας
Vocative	ἐλπίς	ἐλπίδε	ἐλπίδες

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.

Examples

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)
καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ πέντε ἄνδρεσ καὶ ἦλθον εἰσ Λαισά. καὶ εἶδαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆσ καθήμενον ἐπ̓ ἐλπίδι, ὡσ κρίσισ Σιδωνίων ἡσυχάζουσα, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι διατρέπων ἢ καταισχύνων λόγον ἐν τῇ γῇ, κληρονόμοσ ἐκπιέζων θησαυρούσ, καὶ μακράν εἰσι Σιδωνίων καὶ λόγον οὐκ ἔχουσι πρὸσ ἄνθρωπον. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 18:7)
καὶ ἡνίκα ἐὰν ἔλθητε, εἰσελεύσεσθε πρὸσ λαὸν ἐπ̓ ἐλπίδι, καὶ ἡ γῆ πλατεῖα, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν ὁ Θεόσ ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν, τόποσ, ὅπου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ ὑστέρημα παντὸσ ρήματοσ τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 18:10)
καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Δὰν ἔλαβον ὃ ἐποίησε Μιχαίασ, καὶ τὸν ἱερέα, ὃσ ἦν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἦλθον ἐπὶ Λαισά, ἐπὶ λαὸν ἡσυχάζοντα καὶ πεποιθότα ἐπ̓ ἐλπίδι καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺσ ἐν στόματι ρομφαίασ καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 18:27)
καὶ ἦσαν οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι Ἰωσίου καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶσ αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένα ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 35:30)
ὅτι οὐκ ἀποστήσεται ἡ ἐλπίσ σου ἀπὸ καρδίασ ἀνθρώπων μνημονευόντων ἰσχὺν Θεοῦ ἕωσ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 13:19)
βουλὴν πτωχοῦ κατῃσχύνατε, ὁ δὲ Κύριοσ ἐλπὶσ αὐτοῦ ἐστι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 13:6)
ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐκσπάσασ με ἐκ γαστρόσ, ἡ ἐλπίσ μου ἀπὸ μαστῶν τῆσ μητρόσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:10)
μακάριοσ ἀνήρ, οὗ ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐλπὶσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέβλεψεν εἰσ ματαιότητασ καὶ μανίασ ψευδεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 39:5)

Synonyms

hope
- δόξα (expectation)
- δόξις (expectation)
- προσδοκίᾱ (expectation)
object of hope
- ἀντίληψις (an objection)
anxiety
- μερίμνημα (anxiety)

ὄνησις (use)
ἀμνήμων (unmindful)
ἐνθύμιος (taken to heart)
θεήλατος (driven or hunted by a god)
καύχημα (a boast)
μακροθῡμίᾱ (long-suffering)
θάρσος (courage)
πύστις (enquiry)
παραίτησις (earnest prayer)
καταφρόνησις (contempt)
καταφθορά (destruction)
καύχησις (reason to boast)
ὀδυρμός (a complaining)
ἀγχίστροφος (turning closely)
κατάκριμα (condemnation)
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
ἴασις (cure)
μακαρισμός (a pronouncing happy)
παιδοφόνος (killing children)
φιλόψυχος (loving one's life)
παλίγκοτος (breaking out afresh)
φορητός (borne)
δοτήρ (a giver)
φιλοκέρδεια (love of gain)
θνῄσκω (I die)
εὔκλεια (good repute)
μεγάλαυχος (greatly boasting)
περιώδυνος (exceeding painful)
ἄγνωτος (unknown)
ἀτιμώρητος (unavenged)

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ἐλπίς

Sense

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object of hope

anxiety

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ἐλπίς

Sense

Declension

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hope

object of hope

anxiety

Related

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