- Transliteration: Elpis

- Phonetic: el-pece'

- 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

- Origin: from a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure)

- TDNT entry: 10:37,2

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From ἔλπω elpō which is a primary word (to anticipate usually with pleasure); expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence: - faith hope.