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+# ἐλπίζω/elpizō
+This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.
+
+* This word means to hope for or expect something that is good.
+    * Sometimes this word is used to talk about knowing for certain that something will happen.
+    * Sometimes this word is used to talk about desiring for something to happen but not being sure that it will.
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+**Advice to translators**: A state of being describes a situation or how something is.