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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G1680 - Faith

Strong's No.:G1680

Greek:ἐλπίς

Transliteration:elpis

Phonetic:el-pece'

Word Origin:Fromἔλπω elpō which is a primary word (to anticipate usually with pleasure)

Bible Usage:faith hope.

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence


Thayers
Definition:

1. expectation of evil, fear

2. expectation of good, hope

a. in the Christian sense

1. joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation

3. on hope, in hope, having hope

a. the author of hope, or he who is its foundation

b. the thing hoped for


Bible References:
Faith

Translation
Occurrences:
faith ( 1 )
hope ( 53 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.