in the NT, "favorable and confident expectation" (contrast the Sept. in Isaiah 28:19 , "an evil hope"). It has to do with the unseen and the future, Romans 8:24,25 . "Hope" describes (a) the happy anticipation of good (the most frequent significance), e.g., Titus 1:2; 1—Peter 1:21; (b) the ground upon which "hope" is based, Acts 16:19; Colossians 1:27 , "Christ in you the hope of glory;" (c) the object upon which the "hope" is fixed, e.g., 1—Timothy 1:1 .
Acts 23:6Acts 26:6,7Galatians 5:5Colossians 1:23Colossians 1:5Romans 5:2Titus 2:13Colossians 1:271—Thessalonians 5:8Ephesians 1:18Ephesians 4:4Titus 1:23:7Acts 28:20Ephesians 1:182:124:4Romans 15:42—Thessalonians 2:16Titus 2:131—Peter 1:3Hebrews 7:19Romans 15:13 Romans 8:241—Thessalonians 1:3Hebrews 6:18,191—John 3:3Hebrews 6:11Hebrews 10:22Colossians 2:2"to hope," is not infrequently translated in the AV, by the verb "to trust;" the RV adheres to some form of the verb "to hope," e.g., John 5:45 , "Moses, on whom ye have set our hope;" 2—Corinthians 1:10 , "on whom we have set our hope;" so in 1—Timothy 4:10; 5:5; 6:17; see also, e.g., Matthew 12:21; Luke 24:21; Romans 15:12,24 .
John 5:45 1—Peter 3:5Romans 15:121—Timothy 4:105:5 1—Corinthians 15:19TRUST."to hope before" (pro, "before," and No. 1), is found in Ephesians 1:12 .
lit., "to hope from" (apo, and No, 1): See DESPAIR.
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