ἐλπίς
elpís · noun · “hope”
Elpis è la speranza biblica: non un desiderio incerto, ma un'attesa fiduciosa, ancorata alla fedeltà di Dio e alla risurrezione di Gesù.
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In everyday English “hope” often means uncertainty (“I hope it doesn’t rain”). The New Testament’s elpis is the opposite: a sure and steadfast expectation, “an anchor for the soul” (Hebrews 6:19), grounded not in optimism but in the trustworthiness of God.
Christian hope has a concrete basis — the risen Christ — and a concrete object — the promised future of resurrection and renewed creation. That is why Paul can speak of rejoicing in hope even in suffering: it does not “put us to shame,” because it rests on God’s proven love.
Definition: expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
KJV usage: faith, hope
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).