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 aren’t doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”2 Kings 9:3 · תְחַכֶּֽה׃Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door, flee, and don’t wait.”Job 3:21 · הַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםWho long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,Job 32:4 · חִכָּ֣הNow Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.Psalm 33:20 · חִכְּתָ֣הOur soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.Psalm 106:13 · חִ֝כּ֗וּThey soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,Isaiah 8:17 · וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Isaiah 30:18 · יְחַכֶּ֤ה · ח֥וֹכֵיTherefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.Isaiah 64:4 · לִמְחַכֵּה־For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.Daniel 12:12 · הַֽמְחַכֶּ֖הBlessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.Hosea 6:9 · וּכְחַכֵּ֨יAs gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.Habakkuk 2:3 · חַכֵּה־For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.Zephaniah 3:8 · חַכּוּ־“Therefore wait for me,” says Yahweh, “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 on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.