Ruth 1:12
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
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Hope
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1 John 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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22 occurrences in 22 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Ruth
11 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Job
1615 verses
Psalms
2222 verses
Proverbs
77 verses
Ecclesiastes
11 verses
Isaiah
22 verses
Jeremiah
88 verses
Lamentations
55 verses
Ezekiel
33 verses
Hosea
11 verses
Joel
11 verses
Zechariah
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
Acts
88 verses
Romans
1510 verses
1 Corinthians
53 verses
2 Corinthians
33 verses
Galatians
11 verses
Ephesians
33 verses
Philippians
22 verses
Colossians
33 verses
1 Thessalonians
44 verses
2 Thessalonians
11 verses
1 Timothy
11 verses
Titus
33 verses
Hebrews
55 verses
1 Peter
44 verses
1 John
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
ἐλπίς
elpís · el-pece'
51 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences
expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence
Strong's KJV usage: :--faith, hope.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 2:26Strong's last: 1 John 3:3
Open full G1680 profile →תִּקְוָה
tiqvâh · tik-vaw'
23 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
Strong's KJV usage: expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ruth 1:12Strong's last: Zechariah 9:12
Open full H8615 profile →יָחַל
yâchal · yaw-chal'
19 times translated as this KJV form40 total Strong's occurrences
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Strong's first: Job 6:11Strong's last: Ezekiel 13:6
Open full H3176 profile →תּוֹחֶלֶת
tôwcheleth · to-kheh'-leth
6 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
expectation
Strong's KJV usage: hope.
Strong's first: Job 41:9Strong's last: Lamentations 3:18
Open full H8431 profile →ἐλπίζω
elpízō · el-pid'-zo
5 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
to expect or confide
Strong's KJV usage: :--(have, thing) hope(-d) (for), trust.
Strong's first: Luke 6:34Strong's last: 1 Peter 1:13
Open full G1679 profile →מִקְוֶה
miqveh · mik-veh'
4 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
Strong's KJV usage: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 10:2Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:7
Open full H4723 profile →יָאַשׁ
yâʼash · yaw-ash'
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 57:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 18:12
Open full H2976 profile →כֶּסֶל
keçel · keh'-sel
3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust
Strong's KJV usage: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 8:14Strong's last: Psalms 78:7
Open full H3689 profile →מַחֲסֶה
machăçeh · makh-as-eh'
2 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 17:17Strong's last: Joel 3:16
Open full H4268 profile →שֵׂבֶר
sêber · say'-ber
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
expectation
Strong's KJV usage: hope.
Strong's first: Psalms 119:116Strong's last: Psalms 146:5
Open full H7664 profile →בָּטַח
bâṭach · baw-takh'
1 times translated as this KJV form120 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Strong's KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 22:9Strong's last: Psalms 22:9
Open full H982 profile →בֶּטַח
beṭach · beh'takh
1 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Strong's KJV usage: assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 16:9Strong's last: Psalms 16:9
Open full H983 profile →בִּטָּחוֹן
biṭṭâchôwn · bit-taw-khone'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
trust
Strong's KJV usage: confidence, hope.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 9:4Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 9:4
Open full H986 profile →חָסָה
châçâh · khaw-saw'
1 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
Strong's KJV usage: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:32Strong's last: Proverbs 14:32
Open full H2620 profile →יָחִיל
yâchîyl · yaw-kheel'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
expectant
Strong's KJV usage: should hope.
Strong's first: Lamentations 3:26Strong's last: Lamentations 3:26
Open full H3175 profile →מִבְטָח
mibṭâch · mib-tawkh'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
Strong's KJV usage: confidence, hope, sure, trust.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 17:7Strong's last: Jeremiah 17:7
Open full H4009 profile →שָׂבַר
sâbar · saw-bar'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
Strong's KJV usage: hope, tarry, view, wait.
Strong's first: Isaiah 38:18Strong's last: Isaiah 38:18
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G1680
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
G1680
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
G1680
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
English meaning and historical usage.
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hope
HOPE, noun [Latin cupio.]
1. A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job 8:13.
He wish'ed, but not with hope--
Sweet hope! kind cheat!
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
2. Confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God's gracious promises; a scriptural sense.
A well founded scriptural hope is, in our religion, the source of ineffable happiness.
3. That which gives hope; he or that which furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. The hope of Israel is the Messiah.
The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel 3:16.
4. An opinion or belief not amounting to certainty, but grounded on substantial evidence. The christian indulges a hope that his sins are pardoned.
HOPE, verb intransitive
1. To cherish a desire of food, with some expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable.
HOPE for good success.
Be sober and hope to the end. 1 Peter 1:3.
HOPE humbly then, with trembling pinions soar.
2. To place confidence in; to trust in with confident expectation of good.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God. Psalms 43:5.
HOPE, verb transitive To desire with expectation of good, or a belief that it may be obtained. But as a transitive verb, it is seldom used, and the phrases in which it is so used are elliptical, for being understood.
So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear,
Full in the gap, and hopes the hunted bear.
HOPE, noun A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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