KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Ruth 1:12
Complete exact-word concordance
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
But Christ as a Sonne ouer his owne house, whose house are wee, if we hold fast the confidence, and the reioycing of the hope firme vnto the end.
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
And wee desire, that euery one of you doe shewe the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lye, wee might haue a strong consolation, who haue fled for refuge to lay hold vpon the hope set before vs.
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Which hope we haue as an anker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and which entreth into that within the vaile,
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
For the Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did: by the which wee draw nigh vnto God.
1611 marginal noteOr, but it was the bringing in.
Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
2 · KJV context and cross-references
