H6960: קָוָה
qâvâh · pronounced kaw-vaw' · “to await”
Definition
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV translates it as: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) waiting (participle)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait or look eagerly for
1b2) to lie in wait for
1b3) to wait for, linger for
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6960 is translated
- wait ×5
- you ×4
- we have waited ×3
- i waited for ×2
- those who wait for ×2
- it waits ×2
- he waited ×2
- they will wait ×2
- we wait eagerly ×2
- we waited eagerly ×2
- let them gather ×1
- i wait eagerly ×1
Bible verses with H6960 (qâvâh)
Qâvâh appears in 45 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Genesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
- Job 3:9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
- Job 6:19
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- Job 7:2
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
- Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
- Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
- Psalms 25:5
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- Psalms 25:21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- Psalms 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
- Psalms 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
- Psalms 37:34
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
- Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
- Psalms 40:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 52:9
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
- Psalms 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Psalms 69:6
Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
- Psalms 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- Psalms 119:95
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
- Psalms 130:5
I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
- Isaiah 5:2
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
- Isaiah 5:4
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
- Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.