ἐλπίζω

[in LXX chiefly for בָּטַח, also for חָסָה, יָחַל pi. hi. etc. ;]

to look for, expect, hope (for): with accusative of thing(s), Rom.8:24-25, 1Co.13:7, Heb.11:1; with dative of thing(s) (τ. τύχῃ, Thuc. iii, 97, 2), Mat.12:21; before καθώς, 2Co.8:5; with inf. Luk.6:34 23:8, Act.26:7, Rom.15:24, 1Co.16:7, 2Co.5:11, Php.2:19, 23, 1Ti.3:14, II Jn 12, 3Jn.14; before ὅτι, with pres. Luk.24:21; with fut. Act.24:26, 2Co.1:13 13:6, Phm 22. As in LXX (WM, § xxxiii, d; and esp. in the pf. Ellic. on 1Ti.4:10; Bl. § 59, 2), with prep.; εἰς, Jhn.5:45 (see Ellis. l.with), 1Pe.3:5; before ὅτι, 2Co.1:10; ἐπί, with dative, Rom.15:12 (LXX 1Ti.4:10 6:17; ἐν, 1Co.15:19; with accusative, 1Pe.1:13 (aor. imper. see Bl. § 58, 2); τ. θεόν, 1Ti.5:5 (of. ἀπ-, προ-ελπίζω, see Cremer, 255).†

(AS)

to look for, expect, hope; for