Lexical Summary apelpizō: to despair of Original Word: ἀπελπίζωTransliteration: apelpizō Phonetic Spelling: (ap-el-pid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to despair of Meaning: to despair of Strong's Concordance fully expectFrom apo and elpizo; to hope out, i.e. Fully expect -- hope for again. see GREEK apo see GREEK elpizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 560: ἀπελπίζωἀπελπίζω (Lachmann ἀφελπίζω (cf. grammatical references under the word ἀφειδον)); to despair (Winer's Grammar, 24): μηδέν ἀπελπίζοντες nothing despairing namely, of the hoped-for recompense from God the requiter, Luke 6:35 (T WH marginal reading μηδένα ἀπελπίζοντες; if this reading is to be tolerated it may be rendered despairing of no one, or even causing no one to despair (cf. the Jerus: Syriac). Tdf. himself seems half inclined to take μηδένα as neuter plural, a form thought to be not wholly unprecedented; cf. Stephanus' Thesaurus v. col. 962). (Isaiah 29:19; 2 Macc. 9:18; Sir. 22:21; ( STRONGS NT 560: ἀφελπίζωἀφελπίζω, equivalent to ἀπελπίζω, which see; cf. ἀφειδον. |
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