Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8615: תִּקְוָה

tiqvâh · pronounced tik-vaw' · “cord”

Definition

literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy

KJV translates it as: expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

Word origin: from H6960 (קָוָה); (compare H6961 (קָוֶה))

Extended definition

cord

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

How H8615 is translated

  • hope ×7
  • is hope ×6
  • my ×6
  • the hope of ×5
  • your ×3
  • the cord of ×2
  • their ×1
  • is the hope of ×1
  • a hope ×1
  • her ×1
  • our ×1

Bible verses with H8615 (tiqvâh)

Tiqvâh appears in 33 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Joshua 2:18

    Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

  • Joshua 2:21

    And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

  • Ruth 1:12

    Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

  • Job 4:6

    Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

  • Job 5:16

    So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Job 6:8

    Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

  • Job 7:6

    My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

  • Job 11:18

    And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

  • Job 11:20

    But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

  • Job 14:7

    For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

  • Job 14:19

    The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

  • Job 17:15

    And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • Job 19:10

    He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

  • Job 27:8

    For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

  • Psalms 9:18

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

  • Psalms 62:5

    My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

  • Psalms 71:5

    For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

  • Proverbs 10:28

    The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  • Proverbs 11:7

    When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

  • Proverbs 11:23

    The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Proverbs 19:18

    Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Proverbs 23:18

    For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Proverbs 24:14

    So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Proverbs 26:12

    Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

All 33 references

Words derived from H8615