# 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.

**Advice to translators**: A state of being describes a situation or how something is.