Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2442: חָכָה

châkâh · pronounced khaw-kaw' · “to wait”

Definition

properly, to adhere to; hence, to await

KJV translates it as: long, tarry, wait.

Word origin: a primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 (חָקָה) through the idea of piercing);

Extended 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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2442 is translated

  • one who waits ×2
  • wait ×2
  • we will delay ×1
  • you must delay ×1
  • who long ×1
  • he had waited ×1
  • it waits ×1
  • they waited ×1
  • i will wait ×1
  • he is waiting ×1
  • those who wait ×1
  • wait for ×1

Bible verses with H2442 (châkâh)

Châkâh appears in 13 verses.

  • 2 Kings 7:9

    Then 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 9:3

    Then 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 3:21

    Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

  • Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

  • Psalms 33:20

    Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

  • Psalms 106:13

    They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

  • Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  • Isaiah 30:18

    And 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 64:4

    For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

  • Daniel 12:12

    Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

  • Hosea 6:9

    And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

  • Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  • Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Words derived from H2442