Words the Bible translates as hope
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 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
- elpizōἐλπίζωto look ahead to something good with expectation, ranging from ordinary anticipation to settled trust in God
- qavahקָוָהto wait, to hope, to look expectantly for someone or something: a tense, leaning-forward expectation, most often directed toward God.
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- to be gathered together, to collect into one place: said of waters drawn together, and of peoples drawn together to a center.
- yaḥalיָחַלto wait expectantly, to hope: to lean toward a future you are confident is coming, most often toward God
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- to wait, to tarry: to let a set stretch of time pass before acting
- tiqvahתִּקְוָהhope: the expectation of a future good, and the thing hoped for itself.
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- cord: a length of rope or line.
- maḥasehמַחְסֶּהrefuge: a place you run to for cover and safety, whether a rock in a storm or God himself
- mivtaḥמִבְטָחreliance placed in someone or something, and by extension the thing relied on and the safety it brings
- keselכֶּסֶלthe loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
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- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- miqvehמִקְוֶהhope: the good outcome someone waits for, and most often the one who is being waited on
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- a body of water that has collected in one place: a sea, a pool, or a holding tank
- Kue: a horse-breeding region on the coast of what is now southern Turkey
- savarשָׂבַרto look expectantly for what has not yet come: to fix your hope on it, whether or not it arrives
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- to look something over closely: to go along examining what condition it is in
- toḥeletתּוֹחֶלֶתhope held as waiting: the expectation a person keeps counting on while what they are waiting for has not yet come
- severשֵׂבֶרhopenot studied yet
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