1) to wait, look for, hope, expect 1a) (Qal) waiting (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait or look eagerly for 1b2) to lie in wait for 1b3) to wait for, linger for
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H6960 — קָוָה
qa.vah · to await · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 1:9 · יִקָּו֨וּAnd God saith, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:’ and it is so.Genesis 49:18 · קִוִּ֥יתִיFor Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!Job 3:9 · יְקַו־Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.Job 6:19 · קִוּוּ־Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.Job 7:2 · יְקַוֶּ֥הAs a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,Job 17:13 · אֲ֭קַוֶּהIf I wait—Sheol is my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.Job 30:26 · קִ֭וִּיתִיWhen good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.Psalm 25:3 · קֹ֭וֶיךָAlso let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.Psalm 25:5 · קִ֝וִּ֗יתִיCause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.Psalm 25:21 · קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.Psalm 27:14 · קַוֵּ֗ה · וְ֝קַוֵּ֗הLook unto Jehovah—be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!Psalm 37:9 · וְקֹוֵ֥יFor evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.Psalm 37:34 · קַוֵּ֤הLook unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off—thou seest!Psalm 39:7 · קִּוִּ֣יתִיAnd, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope—it is of Thee.Psalm 40:1 · קַוֹּ֣ה · קִוִּ֣יתִיTo the Overseer.—A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,Psalm 52:9 · וַאֲקַוֶּ֖הI thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it, And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!Psalm 56:6 · קִוּ֥וּThey assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.Psalm 69:6 · קֹוֶיךָ֮Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel.Psalm 69:20 · וָאֲקַוֶּ֣הReproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.Psalm 119:95 · קִוּ֣וּThy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.Psalm 130:5 · קִוִּ֣יתִי · קִוְּתָ֣הI hoped for Jehovah—hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.Proverbs 20:22 · קַוֵּ֥הDo not say, ‘I recompense evil,’ Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.Isaiah 5:2 · וַיְקַ֛וAnd he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it with a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!Isaiah 5:4 · קִוֵּ֛יתִיWhat—to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!Isaiah 5:7 · וַיְקַ֤וBecause the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.Isaiah 8:17 · וְקִוֵּ֖יתִֽי־And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.Isaiah 25:9 · קִוִּ֥ינוּ · קִוִּ֣ינוּAnd one hath said in that day, ‘Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.’Isaiah 26:8 · קִוִּינ֑וּךָAlso, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul.Isaiah 33:2 · קִוִּ֑ינוּO Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.Isaiah 40:31 · וְקוֹיֵ֤But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!Isaiah 49:23 · קוָֹֽי׃ סAnd kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth—they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I am Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed.Isaiah 51:5 · יְקַוּ֔וּNear is My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope.Isaiah 59:9 · נְקַוֶּ֤הTherefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness—in thick darkness we go,Isaiah 59:11 · נְקַוֶּ֤הWe make a noise as bears—all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation—it hath been far from us.Isaiah 60:9 · יְקַוּ֗וּSurely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee.Isaiah 64:3 · נְקַוֶּ֑הIn Thy doing fearful things—we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow.Jeremiah 3:17 · וְנִקְוּ֨וּAt that time they cry to Jerusalem, ‘O throne of Jehovah,’ And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.Jeremiah 8:15 · קַוֵּ֥הLooking for peace—and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror.Jeremiah 13:16 · וְקִוִּיתֶ֤םGive ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed it for thick darkness.Jeremiah 14:19 · קַוֵּ֤הHast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror.Jeremiah 14:22 · וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou—Thou hast done all these!Lamentations 2:16 · שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּOpened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: ‘We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found—we have seen.’Lamentations 3:25 · לְקוָֹ֔יוGood is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.Hosea 12:6 · וְקַוֵּ֥הAnd thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.Micah 5:7 · יְקַוֶּה֙And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah—as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.