verb
proelpizamō
Strong’sG4276
I hope before
stem proelpiz-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.
*† προ-ελπίζω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4276 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
hope for before, NT+3rd c.BC+: generally, anticipate, expect, Refs 1st c.AD+
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.
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 it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| proelpizarēntoinπροηλπικότας | has happened · objectperfect active participle accusative plural masculine | were the first to hope | 1× |
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 person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proelpizamō | proelpizame | proelpizami | proelpizama | proelpizamē | proelpizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | proelpizasō | proelpizase | proelpizasi | proelpizasa | proelpizasē | proelpizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proelpizatō | proelpizate | proelpizati | proelpizata | proelpizatē | proelpizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | proelpizanō | proelpizane | proelpizani | proelpizana | proelpizanē | proelpizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | proelpizavō | proelpizave | proelpizavi | proelpizava | proelpizavē | proelpizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | proelpizalō | proelpizale | proelpizali | proelpizala | proelpizalē | proelpizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proelpizameiō | proelpizameia | proelpizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | proelpizaseiō | proelpizaseia | proelpizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proelpizateiō | proelpizateia | proelpizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | proelpizaneiō | proelpizaneia | proelpizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | proelpizaveiō | proelpizaveia | proelpizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | proelpizaleiō | proelpizaleia | proelpizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | proelpizasōr | proelpizasar | proelpizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proelpizatōr | proelpizatar | proelpizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | proelpizavōr | proelpizavar | proelpizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | proelpizalōr | proelpizalar | proelpizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proelpizamoiō | proelpizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | proelpizasoiō | proelpizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proelpizatoiō | proelpizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | proelpizanoiō | proelpizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | proelpizavoiō | proelpizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | proelpizaloiō | proelpizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | proelpizarō | proelpizari | proelpizara | proelpizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | proelpizarōntos | proelpizarintos | proelpizarantos | proelpizarēntos1× |
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
proelpiz 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
proelpizarēntoin“were the first to hope”has happened · objectperfect active participle accusative plural masculine1×
Ephesians 1:12… nin eis epainon doxau autou toin proelpizarēntoin en to Christo;in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the …