Lexical Summary proelpizō: to hope before Original Word: προελπίζωTransliteration: proelpizō Phonetic Spelling: (pro-el-pid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to hope before Meaning: to hope before Strong's Concordance first trust. From pro and elpizo; to hope in advance of other confirmation -- first trust. see GREEK pro see GREEK elpizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4276: προελπίζωπροελπίζω: perfect participle accusative plural προηλπικότας; to hope before: ἐν τίνι, to repose hope in a person or thing before the event confirms it, Ephesians 1:12. (Posidipp. quoted in Athen. 9, p. 377{c}, Dexippus (circa |