Strong H2442חָכָה
to wait
- Transliteration
- châkâh
- Pronunciation
- khaw-kaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing); properly to adhere to; hence to await: - {long} {tarry} wait.
Detailed definition
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
1a) (Qal) to wait for
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait, tarry
1b2) to wait (in ambush)
1b3) to wait for, long for
In the Bible
Strong H2442 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wait7
- waiteth3
- tarry2
- long1
First verses
- 2 Kings 7:9Then 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 9:3Then 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 3:21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
- Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
- Psalms 33:20Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isaiah 30:18And 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 64:4For 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 12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
- Hosea 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- Habakkuk 2:3For 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 3:8Therefore 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.