Words the Bible translates as expectation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- elpisἐλπίςhope: confident, forward-looking expectation of a good outcome
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהhope: the expectation of a future good, and the thing hoped for itself.
+1 more meaning
- cord: a length of rope or line.
- prosdokiaπροσδοκίαexpectationnot studied yet
- toḥeletתּוֹחֶלֶתhope held as waiting: the expectation a person keeps counting on while what they are waiting for has not yet come
- mabbatמַבָּטexpectationnot studied yet
- ekdochēἐκδοχήexpectationnot studied yet
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