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ἀνέλπιστος

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Gloss: unhoped for

Transliteration: anelpistos

Strong’s: G6332

1. unhoped for, unlooked for , [<date>variant dates<author>Tragica Adespota</author></date>, etc.; τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου the hopelessness of security, (Thucydides)
2. active,
3. of persons, having no hope, hopeless , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); with infinitive having no hope or not expecting that . . , (Thucydides)
4. of things or conditions, leaving no hope, hopeless, desperate , (Sophocles Tragicus); τὸ ἀνέλπιστον despair , (Thucydides):—;comparative -ότερος more desperate , (Thucydides) (ML)
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