Strong H3176H3176Gיָחַל

to wait: wait

One of the 2 senses of Strong H3176

Transliteration
yâchal
Pronunciation
yaw-chal'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: wait[for_time]
1) to wait, hope, expect
1a) (Niphal) to wait
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait, await, tarry
1b2) to wait for, hope for
1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for
Also means: ya.chal (יָחַל ": hope" H3176H)

General definition

A primitive root; to wait; by implication to be {patient} hope: - (cause {to} {have} make to) {hope} be {pained} {stay} {tarry} {trust} wait.

In the Bible

Strong H3176G appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • wait8
  • tarry3
  • be1
  • hope1
  • stay1
  • waiteth1

First verses

  1. Genesis 8:12
    And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
  2. 1 Samuel 10:8
    And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
  3. 1 Samuel 13:8
    And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
  4. 2 Samuel 18:14
    Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
  5. 2 Kings 6:33
    And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
  6. Job 14:14
    If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
  7. Job 29:21
    Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
  8. Job 29:23
    And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
  9. Job 32:11
    Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
  10. Job 32:16
    When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
  11. Psalms 38:15
    For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
  12. Psalms 69:3
    I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  13. Jeremiah 4:19
    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
  14. Micah 5:7
    And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
  15. Micah 7:7
    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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