Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2442
חָכָה
cha.khah · “to wait”
Used 14 times across 8 books
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
Where it appears
2 Kings2
Job2
Psalms2
Isaiah4
Daniel1
Hosea1
Habakkuk1
Zephaniah1
In the text
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 64:3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.Daniel 12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
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