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 · וְחִכִּ֛ינוּFinally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”2 Kings 9:3 · תְחַכֶּֽה׃Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”Job 3:21 · הַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםwho long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,Job 32:4 · חִכָּ֣הNow Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.Psalm 33:20 · חִכְּתָ֣הOur soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.Psalm 106:13 · חִ֝כּ֗וּYet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.Isaiah 8:17 · וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.Isaiah 30:18 · יְחַכֶּ֤ה · ח֥וֹכֵיTherefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.Isaiah 64:4 · לִמְחַכֵּה־From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.Daniel 12:12 · הַֽמְחַכֶּ֖הBlessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.Hosea 6:9 · וּכְחַכֵּ֨יLike raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.Habakkuk 2:3 · חַכֵּה־For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.Zephaniah 3:8 · חַכּוּ־Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.