Word Summary
proelpizō: to hope before
Original Word: προελπίζωTransliteration: proelpizō
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-el-pid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hope before
Meaning: to hope before
Strong's Concordance
first trust.
From pro and elpizo; to hope in advance of other confirmation -- first trust.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK elpizo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4276: προελπίζωπροελπίζω: perfect participle accusative plural
προηλπικότας;
to hope before:
ἐν τίνι, to repose hope in a person or thing before the event confirms it,
Ephesians 1:12. (
Posidipp. quoted in
Athen. 9, p. 377{c},
Dexippus (circa
), Gregory of Nyssa).