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 |
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Translation Occurrences: |
faith ( 1 )
hope ( 53 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.