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H8615 תִּקְוָה hebrew

pronunciation: tiqvâh  ·  tik-vaw'

definition: expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

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

Occurrences · 33 verses · page 1 of 2

• 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.