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Lexicon :: Strong's H6960 - qāvâ

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קָוָה
Transliteration
qāvâ
Pronunciation
kaw-vaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1994,1995

Strong’s Definitions

קָוָה qâvâh, kaw-vaw'; a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6960 in the following manner: wait (29x), look (13x), wait for (1x), look for (1x), gathered (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H6960 in the following manner: wait (29x), look (13x), wait for (1x), look for (1x), gathered (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to wait, look for, hope, expect

    1. (Qal) waiting (participle)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to wait or look eagerly for

      2. to lie in wait for

      3. to wait for, linger for

  2. to collect, bind together

    1. (Niphal) to be collected

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָוָה qâvâh, kaw-vaw'; a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
STRONGS H6960: Abbreviations
† I. [קָוָה] verb wait for (probably originally twist, stretch, then of tension of enduring, waiting: Assyrian ḳu’û II, I. wait, ḳû, cord; Arabic bdb087506 be strong, bdb087507 strength, also strand of rope; Syriac bdb087508 endure, remain, await, bdb087509 threads, so Targum קַוִּין spider's threads, web); —
Qal Participle plural those waiting for (י׳): construct קוֵי י׳ Psalm 37:9; so Isaiah 40:31 van d. H., and Kt Baer Gi (Qr קוֺיֵי); suffix קִוָ֑י Isaiah 49:23, קֹוֶיךָ Psalm 25:3; Psalm 69:7; קִוָיו Lamentations 3:35 Qr (Kt קוו, i.e. קֹווֺ).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular קִוְּתָה Psalm 130:5; 1st person singular קִוִּיתִי Genesis 49:18 + 5 times, קִוֵּיתִי Isaiah 5:4, וְק׳ consecutive Isaiah 8:17; suffix קִוִּיתִיךָ Psalm 25:21; 3rd person plural קִוּוּ Psalm 56:7 +, etc.; Imperfect יְקַוֶּה Micah 5:6; Job 7:2, jussive יְקַו Job 3:9, וַיְקַו Isaiah 5:2, 7, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קַוֵּה Hosea 12:7 +; Infinitive absolute קַוֺה Psalm 40:2, קַוֵּה Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 14:19; —
1. wait, or look eagerly, for, with ל of thing Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 59:9, 11; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 13:16; Jeremiah 14:19; Job 3:9; Job 6:19; לִישׁוּעָֽתְךָ Genesis 49:18; with accusative of thing Lamentations 2:16 (suffix), Job 7:2; Job 30:26; Psalm 39:8; object of thing omitted Isaiah 64:2; followed by infinitive Isaiah 5:2, 4; Psalm 69:21; absolute Job 17:13; with accusative י׳ Isaiah 26:8 (suffix), Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21 (suffix), Psalm 40:2 (+ infinitive absolute), Psalm 130:5, accusative omitted Psalm 130:5, accusative שִׁמְךָ Psalm 52:11 (but read probably אֲחַוֶּה, Hi Che Bae and others, see חוה); with ל of י׳ Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 25:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 33:2; Isaiah 60:9 (but read probably צִיִּים יִקָּווּ ships shall gather (II. קוה), so Du CheHpt Di-Kit Marti, compare Skinner (also Luzz Gei Oort), Jeremiah 14:22; Proverbs 20:22; with אֶלאֱֿלֹהִים Hosea 12:7, אֶליֿ׳ Isaiah 51:5; Psalm 27:14 (twice in verse); Psalm 37:34.
2. lie in wait for, followed by נַפְשִׁי Psalm 56:7; followed by ל person Psalm 119:95 (+ infinitive purpose).
3. wait (linger) for with ל of man Micah 5:6 (|| יְיַחֵל).

† II. [קָוָה] verb collect (Late Hebrew Hiph. collect); —
Niph. be collected, Perfect 3rd person plural וְנִקְווּ consecutive Jeremiah 3:17 (of nations); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִקָּווּ Genesis 1:9 (P; of waters; both with אֶל location); so probably of ships (with ל person) Isaiah 60:9 (for MT יְקַוּוּ), see I. קזה Pi. 1. above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:9; 49:18; 49:18

Job

3:9; 3:9; 6:19; 7:2; 7:2; 17:13; 30:26

Psalms

25:3; 25:5; 25:21; 25:21; 27:14; 37:9; 37:34; 39:8; 40:2; 40:2; 56:7; 56:7; 69:7; 69:21; 119:95; 130:5; 130:5; 130:5

Proverbs

20:22

Isaiah

5:2; 5:2; 5:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:7; 8:17; 8:17; 25:9; 26:8; 33:2; 40:31; 49:23; 51:5; 59:9; 59:11; 60:9; 60:9; 64:2

Jeremiah

3:17; 8:15; 8:15; 13:16; 14:19; 14:19; 14:22

Lamentations

2:16; 3:35

Hosea

12:7; 12:7

Micah

5:6; 5:6

H6960

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Strong's Number H6960 matches the Hebrew קָוָה (qāvâ),
which occurs 49 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:18 - I have waited for your salvation, LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheva waited for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I look for She'ol as my house, If I have spread my couch in the darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:5 - Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:14 - Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For evildoers shall be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Wait for the LORD, and keep his way, And he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:1 - For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9 - I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, In the presence of your holy ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 - Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; For comforters, but I found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:95

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95 - The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:5 - I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug it up, Gathered out its stones, Planted it with the choicest vine, Built a tower in its midst, And also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, But it yielded wild grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:7 - For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Yisra'el, And the men of Yehudah his pleasant plant: And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; For righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Ya`akov, and I will look for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his yeshu`ah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:8 - Yes, in the way of your judgments, the LORD, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial name, is the desire of our soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the eretz, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Yisra'el, because he has glorified you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:3 - When you did terrible things which we didn't look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - At that time they shall call Yerushalayim the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Yerushalayim: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:15 - We looked for shalom, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have you utterly rejected Yehudah? has your soul loathed Tziyon? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for shalom, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, the LORD our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:25 - The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:6 - Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - The remnant of Ya`akov will be in the midst of many peoples, Like dew from the LORD, Like showers on the grass, That don't wait for man, Nor wait for the sons of men.
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