# προελπίζω/proelpizō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.

* 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.

See: Ephesians 1:12

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.