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.
Extended definition
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.