Quick Definition
I hope before
Strong's Definition
to hope in advance of other confirmation
Derivation: from G4253 (πρό) and G1679 (ἐλπίζω);
KJV Usage: first trust
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προελπίζω: perfect participle accusative plural προηλπικότας; to hope before: ἐν τίνι, to repose hope in a person or thing before the event confirms it, Eph_1:12. (Posidipp. quoted in Athen. 9, p. 377{c} , Dexippus (circa ), Gregory of Nyssa).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προελπίζω proelpizō 1x
to have hope and confidence in a person or thing beforehand, Eph_1:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† προ -ελπίζω ,
to hope before: seq . ἐν , Eph_1:12 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
προελπίζω fut. σω "to hope for before", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προ-ελπίζω
to hope before: before ἐν, Eph.1:12.†
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