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verb

Greekἀπελπίζω (apelpizō)
Biblang

apelpizamō

Strong’sG560

I despair

stem apelpiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

† ἀπ-ελπίζω,

[in LXX: Is 29:19 (אֶבְיוֹן), Jth 9:11, Es 4:17, Si 22:21 27:21, II Mac 9:18*;]

1. to give up in despair, despair of (Polyb., Diod., LXX).
2. to hope to receive from or in return (Field, Notes, 59; Cremer, 712; Soph., Lex., s.v.): c. acc. (M; Pr., 65; MM, s.v.), Lk 6:35.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G560 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-el-pid'-zo

to hope out, i.e. fully expect

Fromfrom G575 and G1679;

King Jameshope for again.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἀπελπ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ιῶRefs 1st c.BC+perfect -ήλπικα:—despair of, τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίανRefs 4th c.BC+:—passive, to be given up in despair, τὰ πράγματαRefs; of persons, to be despaired of, οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοιLXX+2nd c.BC+ (ἀφηλπ-).
2 ἀ. τινός despair of,Refs 2nd c.BC+ οὐκ ἀ. τινός to be confident of, Refs 1st c.BC+
3 absolutely, hope that a thing will not happen, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II causal, drive to despair, τινάRefs 1st c.AD+
III hope to receive back, μηδὲν (variant{μηδένα}) ἀπελπίζοντεςNT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

expecting … inreturn1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
apelpizarōntoisἀπελπίζοντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculineexpecting … inreturn1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularapelpizamōapelpizameapelpizamiapelpizamaapelpizamēapelpizamelē
you 2nd person singularapelpizasōapelpizaseapelpizasiapelpizasaapelpizasēapelpizaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularapelpizatōapelpizateapelpizatiapelpizataapelpizatēapelpizatelē
we 1st person pluralapelpizanōapelpizaneapelpizaniapelpizanaapelpizanēapelpizanelē
ye 2nd person pluralapelpizavōapelpizaveapelpizaviapelpizavaapelpizavēapelpizavelē
they 3rd person pluralapelpizalōapelpizaleapelpizaliapelpizalaapelpizalēapelpizalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularapelpizameiōapelpizameiaapelpizameiē
you 2nd person singularapelpizaseiōapelpizaseiaapelpizaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularapelpizateiōapelpizateiaapelpizateiē
we 1st person pluralapelpizaneiōapelpizaneiaapelpizaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralapelpizaveiōapelpizaveiaapelpizaveiē
they 3rd person pluralapelpizaleiōapelpizaleiaapelpizaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularapelpizasōrapelpizasarapelpizasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularapelpizatōrapelpizatarapelpizatēr
ye 2nd person pluralapelpizavōrapelpizavarapelpizavēr
they 3rd person pluralapelpizalōrapelpizalarapelpizalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularapelpizamoiōapelpizamoia
you 2nd person singularapelpizasoiōapelpizasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularapelpizatoiōapelpizatoia
we 1st person pluralapelpizanoiōapelpizanoia
ye 2nd person pluralapelpizavoiōapelpizavoia
they 3rd person pluralapelpizaloiōapelpizaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceapelpizarōapelpizariapelpizaraapelpizarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceapelpizarōntos1×apelpizarintosapelpizarantosapelpizarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
apelpizstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

apelpiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

apelpizarōntois“expecting … inreturn”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Luke 6:35… vu kai agathopoiavōr kai daneizavōr mēdenem apelpizarōntois; kai eti tos misthos vu pollos, …… to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward …