1) to wait, wait for, await 1a) (Qal) to wait for 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, tarry 1b2) to wait (in ambush) 1b3) to wait for, long for
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H2442 — חָכָה
cha.khah · to wait · Hebrew/Aramaic
13 tagged verse occurrences
2 Kings 7:9 · וְחִכִּ֛ינוּThen they said one to another, We do not well: this day [is] a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.2 Kings 9:3 · תְחַכֶּֽה׃Then take the box of oil, and pour [it] on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.Job 3:21 · הַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםWhich long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;Job 32:4 · חִכָּ֣הNow Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he.Psalm 33:20 · חִכְּתָ֣הOur soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.Psalm 106:13 · חִ֝כּ֗וּThey soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Isaiah 8:17 · וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Isaiah 30:18 · יְחַכֶּ֤ה · ח֥וֹכֵיAnd therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.Isaiah 64:4 · לִמְחַכֵּה־For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.Daniel 12:12 · הַֽמְחַכֶּ֖הBlessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.Hosea 6:9 · וּכְחַכֵּ֨יAnd as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.Habakkuk 2:3 · חַכֵּה־For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.Zephaniah 3:8 · חַכּוּ־Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination [is] to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, [even] all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.