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
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut downe, that it will sprout againe, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
The waters weare the stones, thou washest away the things which growe out of the dust of the earth, and thou destroyest the hope of man.
1611 marginal noteHeb. ouerflowest.
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath destroyed me on euery side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he remooued like a tree.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soule?
1611 marginal noteMat. 16.26.
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I haue made golde my hope, or haue said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence:
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Behold, the hope of him is in vaine: shall not one be cast downe euen at the sight of him?
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory reioyceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
1611 marginal noteHeb. dwell confidently.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
But thou art hee that tooke mee out of the wombe; thou didst make me hope, when I was vpon my mothers breasts.
1611 marginal noteOr, keptst me in safety.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Be of good courage, and hee shall strenghten your heart: all ye that hope in the LORD.
1611 marginal notePsal. 27.14.
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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
