Strong H4007מַבָּט

expectation

Transliteration
mabbâţ mebbâţ
Pronunciation
{mab-bawt'} meb-bawt'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H5027; something {expected} that {is} (abstractly) expectation: - expectation.

Detailed definition

expectation, object of hope or confidence

In the Bible

Strong H4007 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • expectation3

First verses

  1. Isaiah 20:5
    And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
  2. Isaiah 20:6
    And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
  3. Zechariah 9:5
    Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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