Hope, desire of some good with expectation of obtaining it. (I) Generally (Rom. 8:24, “in hope are we saved” [a.t.], as yet only an expectation, not an actuality; 2 Cor. 10:15; Phil. 1:20). With a gen. of the thing hoped for (Acts 27:20). See Acts 16:19; 23:6, “of the hope and resurrection” indicating the hope of the resurrection; 26:6, 7. Of the person hoping (Acts 28:20; 2 Cor. 1:7; Sept.: Job 14:7; 17:15; Is. 31:2; Ezek. 37:11). With pará (3844), against or in spite of, with the acc. parʾ elpída,