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Lexicon :: Strong's H8615 - tiqvâ

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תִּקְוָה
Transliteration
tiqvâ
Pronunciation
tik-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1994d,1994e

Strong’s Definitions

תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw'; from H6960; (compare H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy:—expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H8615 in the following manner: hope (23x), expectation (7x), line (2x), the thing that I long for (1x), expected (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H8615 in the following manner: hope (23x), expectation (7x), line (2x), the thing that I long for (1x), expected (1x).

  1. cord

  2. hope, expectation

    1. hope

    2. ground of hope

    3. things hoped for, outcome

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw'; from H6960; (compare H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy:—expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
STRONGS H8615: Abbreviations
† I. [תִּקְוָה] noun feminine cord (compare √ at the beginning); — construct תִּקְוַת ֽֽֽחוּט) הַשָּׁנִי Joshua 2:18, 21.

II. תִּקְוָה 34 noun feminine hope; — absolute ת׳ Hosea 2:17 +; construct תִּקְוַת Job 8:13 +; suffix תִּקְוָתִי Job 6:8 +, etc.; —
1. hope, Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:29; Job 5:16; Job 7:6; Job 11:18, 20; Job 14:7, 19; Job 17:15a Job 19:10; Psalm 62:6; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 29:20; Ruth 1:12; ת׳ פֶּתַח Hosea 2:17; אֲסִירֵי הַתּ׳ Zechariah 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance).
2. = ground of hope Job 4:6; Psalm 71:5 (compare Psalm 62:6).
3. things hoped for, outcome, Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 6:8; Job 8:13; Job 17:15b (but read טוֺבָתִי Greek Version of the LXX Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), Job 27:8; Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7, 23; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14 (strike out Toy as gloss); אַחֲרִית וְת׳ Jeremiah 29:11 (i.e. by hendyadis, the hoped-for future).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

2:18; 2:21

Ruth

1:12

Job

4:6; 5:16; 6:8; 6:8; 7:6; 8:13; 8:13; 11:18; 11:20; 14:7; 14:19; 17:15; 17:15; 19:10; 27:8

Psalms

9:19; 62:6; 62:6; 71:5

Proverbs

10:28; 11:7; 11:23; 19:18; 23:18; 24:14; 26:12; 29:20

Jeremiah

29:11; 31:17

Lamentations

3:29

Ezekiel

19:5; 37:11

Hosea

2:17; 2:17

Zechariah

9:12

H8615

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8615 matches the Hebrew תִּקְוָה (tiqvâ),
which occurs 34 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - “unless, when we come into the land, you bind this line of scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household to your own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - Then she said, “According to your words, so be it.” And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - “Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Is not your reverence your confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:16 - So the poor have hope,
And injustice shuts her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 - “Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - And you would be secure, because there is hope;
Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 - But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they shall not escape,
And their hope—loss of life!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - Where then is my hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:10 - He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My hope He has uprooted like a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:8 - For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:5 - My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - For You are my hope, O Lord GOD;
You are my trust from my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
But the expectation of the wicked will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23 - The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Chasten your son while there is hope,
And do not set your heart on his destruction.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:18 - For surely there is a hereafter,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:14 - So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:17 - There is hope in your future, says the LORD,
That your children shall come back to their own border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:5 - ‘When she saw that she waited, that her hope was lost,
She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 - Return to the stronghold,
You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore double to you.
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