Idiom Origins | Hope Against Hope
In this video, you’ll learn about the English Idiom Hope against Hope its origin, first use, meaning and an example.
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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Meaning
0:35 - Origin and First Use
2:18 - Greek Translation
2:36 - Modern English Rendering
2:57 - Example
3:14 - Outro
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Great stuff!
This is excellent. I was puzzled about the 'hope against hope' idiom, since, well, why is it 'against hope'?! By going back to the Greek, and noting the double meaning of the original term, one of which meanings is 'expect', it all becomes clear: Abraham is hoping, despite what he expects, that Sarah will have a child.
🕒 *TIMESTAMPS* 🕒 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - Meaning 0:35 - Origin and First Use 2:18 - Greek Translation 2:36 - Modern English Rendering 2:57 - Example 3:14 - Outro
Oh I knew there was something I liked about you, Alister! 🙏🏻 I ❤️ this!!
Hmmm . . . Thanks . . . I was sort of picturing it as one hope propped against another (and maybe another) such that the great improbability of "success" requires all these unlikely hopes to stand like a precarious house of cards . . . who'd a thunk ? Isaac = "He Laughs" Neato ! B-)
Woo-hoo Biblical stuff!!!!!!! 💙✝️👍