KJV dictionary & concordance

hope

Meaning of “hope”

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

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references

129 occurrences121 verses29 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Ruth 1:12

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Every verse containing “hope”

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1 John 3:3

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And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 John 3:3 · retained source text

And euery man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himselfe, euen as he is pure.

Complete reference index — all 121 verses

Ruth 1:12 Ezra 10:2 Job 4:6 Job 5:16 Job 6:11 Job 7:6 Job 8:13 Job 8:14 Job 11:18 Job 11:20 Job 14:7 Job 14:19 Job 17:15 Job 19:10 Job 27:8 Job 31:24 Job 41:9 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 22:9 Psalms 31:24 Psalms 33:18 Psalms 33:22 Psalms 38:15 Psalms 39:7 Psalms 42:5 Psalms 42:11 Psalms 43:5 Psalms 71:5 Psalms 71:14 Psalms 78:7 Psalms 119:49 Psalms 119:81 Psalms 119:114 Psalms 119:116 Psalms 130:5 Psalms 130:7 Psalms 131:3 Psalms 146:5 Psalms 147:11 Proverbs 10:28 Proverbs 11:7 Proverbs 13:12 Proverbs 14:32 Proverbs 19:18 Proverbs 26:12 Proverbs 29:20 Ecclesiastes 9:4 Isaiah 38:18 Isaiah 57:10 Jeremiah 2:25 Jeremiah 14:8 Jeremiah 17:7 Jeremiah 17:13 Jeremiah 17:17 Jeremiah 18:12 Jeremiah 31:17 Jeremiah 50:7 Lamentations 3:18 Lamentations 3:21 Lamentations 3:24 Lamentations 3:26 Lamentations 3:29 Ezekiel 13:6 Ezekiel 19:5 Ezekiel 37:11 Hosea 2:15 Joel 3:16 Zechariah 9:12 Luke 6:34 Acts 2:26 Acts 16:19 Acts 23:6 Acts 24:15 Acts 26:6 Acts 26:7 Acts 27:20 Acts 28:20 Romans 4:18 Romans 5:2 Romans 5:4 Romans 5:5 Romans 8:20 Romans 8:24 Romans 8:25 Romans 12:12 Romans 15:4 Romans 15:13 1 Corinthians 9:10 1 Corinthians 13:13 1 Corinthians 15:19 2 Corinthians 1:7 2 Corinthians 3:12 2 Corinthians 10:15 Galatians 5:5 Ephesians 1:18 Ephesians 2:12 Ephesians 4:4 Philippians 1:20 Philippians 2:23 Colossians 1:5 Colossians 1:23 Colossians 1:27 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 2:19 1 Thessalonians 4:13 1 Thessalonians 5:8 2 Thessalonians 2:16 1 Timothy 1:1 Titus 1:2 Titus 2:13 Titus 3:7 Hebrews 3:6 Hebrews 6:11 Hebrews 6:18 Hebrews 6:19 Hebrews 7:19 1 Peter 1:3 1 Peter 1:13 1 Peter 1:21 1 Peter 3:15 1 John 3:3

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Romans 8:24

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