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Upu o le Aso

Fa'amoemoe — Samoan Bible word study

Hope, confident expectation. This word appears in the devotional on Isaia 40:31.

Upu o le Aso

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Fa'amoemoe

[fah-ah-moh-eh-moh-eh] · fa-'a-mo-e-mo-e

Faauigaga
O le fa'atalitali ma le mautinoa i mea o le a tutupu.
English
Hope, confident expectation.

Mai le 'moe' (moe, fa'atali) fa'aluaina, ma le fa'amuamua 'fa'a-'.

From a reduplication of 'moe' (to rest or lie in wait) with the prefix 'fa'a-' — to rest one's expectation on something.

Bible cross-references

Roma 15:13 · Eperu 11:1 · Salamo 130:5

Full word study: Fa'amoemoe

Fuaiupu / Verse in context

A o i latou o fa'atalitali iā Ieova, e fa'afouina lo latou malosi; latou te fefe'e a'e i luga ma apa'au e pei o aeto; latou te tamo'e ae lē vaivai.

Isaia 40:31

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary.” — Isaiah 40:31

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