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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

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First occurrence: Ruth 1:12

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Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:26 · retained source text

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the LORD.

Ezekiel 13:6
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 13:6 · retained source text

They haue seene vanity, and lying diuination, saying; The LORD saith, and the LORD hath not sent them: and they haue made others to hope, that they would confirme the word.

Ezekiel 19:5
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:5 · retained source text

Now when she saw that shee had waited, and her hope was lost, then she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a yong lion.

Ezekiel 37:11
¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 37:11 · retained source text

¶ Then he said vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say; Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, wee are cut off for our parts.

Hosea 2:15
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 2:15 · retained source text

And I wil giue her, her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a doore of hope, and she shall sing there, as in the dayes of her youth, and as in the day when she came vp out of the land of Egypt.

Joel 3:16
The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 3:16 · retained source text

The LORD also shal roare out of Zion, and vtter his voice from Ierusalem, and the heauens and the earth shall shake, but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. place of repaire, or harbour.

1611 marginal noteIere.25.30. amos 1.2.

Luke 6:34
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 6:34 · retained source text

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receiue, What thanke haue ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receiue as much againe.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 5.42.

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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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