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+# προελπίζω/proelpizō
+This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.
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+* This word can mean to hope for something or hope in someone before other people do the same thing.
+* This word can mean to hope for something or hope in someone before a certain event happens.
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+See: Ephesians 1:12
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+**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.