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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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Showing verses 81–90 of 121 · 129 word occurrences in this result

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?
4 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:24 · retained source text

For wee are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Romans 8:25
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:25 · retained source text

But if wee hope for that wee see not, then doe wee with patience waite for it.

Romans 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 15:4 · retained source text

For whatsoeuer things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.

1 Corinthians 9:10
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 9:10 · retained source text

Or saith hee it altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that hee that ploweth, should plow in hope: and that hee that thresheth in hope, should bee partaker of his hope.

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 13:13 · retained source text

And now abideth faith, hope, charitie, these three, but the greatest of these is charitie.

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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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