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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.

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129 occurrences121 verses29 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Ruth 1:12

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Jeremiah 14:8
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:8 · retained source text

O the hope of Israel, the Sauiour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man, that turneth aside to tarie for a night?

Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:7 · retained source text

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

1611 marginal notePsal.2.12. and 34.10. and 125.1. prou.16.20. isa.30.18.

Jeremiah 17:13
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:13 · retained source text

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall bee written in the earth, because they haue forsaken the LORD the fountaine of liuing waters.

1611 marginal notePsal.73.25. isa.1.28

1611 marginal noteChap.2.3

Jeremiah 17:17
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 17:17 · retained source text

Be not a terrour vnto me, thou art my hope in the day of euill.

Jeremiah 18:12
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:12 · retained source text

And they said, There is no hope, but wee will walke after our owne deuices, and wee will euery one doe the imagination of his euil heart.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.25.

Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:17 · retained source text

And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come againe to their owne border.

Jeremiah 50:7
All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:7 · retained source text

All that found them haue deuoured them, and their aduersaries said, We offend not, because they haue sinned against the LORD, the habitation of iustice, euen the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:18 · retained source text

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

Lamentations 3:21
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:21 · retained source text

This I recall to my mind, therefore haue I hope.

1611 marginal noteHeb. make to returne to my heart.

Lamentations 3:24
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:24 · retained source text

The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.

1611 marginal notePsal. 16.5. and 73.26. and 119.57. iere. 10.16.

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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?

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