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Lexicon :: Strong's H6960 - qāvâ

Aa
קָוָה
Transliteration
qāvâ
Pronunciation
kaw-vaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1994,1995

Strong’s Definitions

קָוָה qâvâh, kaw-vaw'; a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6960 in the following manner: wait (29x), look (13x), wait for (1x), look for (1x), gathered (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H6960 in the following manner: wait (29x), look (13x), wait for (1x), look for (1x), gathered (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to wait, look for, hope, expect

    1. (Qal) waiting (participle)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to wait or look eagerly for

      2. to lie in wait for

      3. to wait for, linger for

  2. to collect, bind together

    1. (Niphal) to be collected

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָוָה qâvâh, kaw-vaw'; a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
STRONGS H6960: Abbreviations
† I. [קָוָה] verb wait for (probably originally twist, stretch, then of tension of enduring, waiting: Assyrian ḳu’û II, I. wait, ḳû, cord; Arabic bdb087506 be strong, bdb087507 strength, also strand of rope; Syriac bdb087508 endure, remain, await, bdb087509 threads, so Targum קַוִּין spider's threads, web); —
Qal Participle plural those waiting for (י׳): construct קוֵי י׳ Psalm 37:9; so Isaiah 40:31 van d. H., and Kt Baer Gi (Qr קוֺיֵי); suffix קִוָ֑י Isaiah 49:23, קֹוֶיךָ Psalm 25:3; Psalm 69:7; קִוָיו Lamentations 3:35 Qr (Kt קוו, i.e. קֹווֺ).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular קִוְּתָה Psalm 130:5; 1st person singular קִוִּיתִי Genesis 49:18 + 5 times, קִוֵּיתִי Isaiah 5:4, וְק׳ consecutive Isaiah 8:17; suffix קִוִּיתִיךָ Psalm 25:21; 3rd person plural קִוּוּ Psalm 56:7 +, etc.; Imperfect יְקַוֶּה Micah 5:6; Job 7:2, jussive יְקַו Job 3:9, וַיְקַו Isaiah 5:2, 7, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קַוֵּה Hosea 12:7 +; Infinitive absolute קַוֺה Psalm 40:2, קַוֵּה Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 14:19; —
1. wait, or look eagerly, for, with ל of thing Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 59:9, 11; Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 13:16; Jeremiah 14:19; Job 3:9; Job 6:19; לִישׁוּעָֽתְךָ Genesis 49:18; with accusative of thing Lamentations 2:16 (suffix), Job 7:2; Job 30:26; Psalm 39:8; object of thing omitted Isaiah 64:2; followed by infinitive Isaiah 5:2, 4; Psalm 69:21; absolute Job 17:13; with accusative י׳ Isaiah 26:8 (suffix), Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21 (suffix), Psalm 40:2 (+ infinitive absolute), Psalm 130:5, accusative omitted Psalm 130:5, accusative שִׁמְךָ Psalm 52:11 (but read probably אֲחַוֶּה, Hi Che Bae and others, see חוה); with ל of י׳ Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 25:9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 33:2; Isaiah 60:9 (but read probably צִיִּים יִקָּווּ ships shall gather (II. קוה), so Du CheHpt Di-Kit Marti, compare Skinner (also Luzz Gei Oort), Jeremiah 14:22; Proverbs 20:22; with אֶלאֱֿלֹהִים Hosea 12:7, אֶליֿ׳ Isaiah 51:5; Psalm 27:14 (twice in verse); Psalm 37:34.
2. lie in wait for, followed by נַפְשִׁי Psalm 56:7; followed by ל person Psalm 119:95 (+ infinitive purpose).
3. wait (linger) for with ל of man Micah 5:6 (|| יְיַחֵל).

† II. [קָוָה] verb collect (Late Hebrew Hiph. collect); —
Niph. be collected, Perfect 3rd person plural וְנִקְווּ consecutive Jeremiah 3:17 (of nations); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִקָּווּ Genesis 1:9 (P; of waters; both with אֶל location); so probably of ships (with ל person) Isaiah 60:9 (for MT יְקַוּוּ), see I. קזה Pi. 1. above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:9; 49:18; 49:18

Job

3:9; 3:9; 6:19; 7:2; 7:2; 17:13; 30:26

Psalms

25:3; 25:5; 25:21; 25:21; 27:14; 37:9; 37:34; 39:8; 40:2; 40:2; 56:7; 56:7; 69:7; 69:21; 119:95; 130:5; 130:5; 130:5

Proverbs

20:22

Isaiah

5:2; 5:2; 5:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:7; 8:17; 8:17; 25:9; 26:8; 33:2; 40:31; 49:23; 51:5; 59:9; 59:11; 60:9; 60:9; 64:2

Jeremiah

3:17; 8:15; 8:15; 13:16; 14:19; 14:19; 14:22

Lamentations

2:16; 3:35

Hosea

12:7; 12:7

Micah

5:6; 5:6

H6960

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6960 matches the Hebrew קָוָה (qāvâ),
which occurs 49 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:18 - I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:13 - If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:5 - Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:14 - Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:1 - <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:9 - I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 - My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95 - The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:5 - I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 - Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:7 - For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:8 - We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:3 - While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - At that time Jerusalem will be named the seat of the Lord's kingdom; and all the nations will come together to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and no longer will their steps be guided by the purposes of their evil hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:15 - We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have you completely given up Judah? is your soul turned in disgust from Zion? why have you given us blows from which there is no one to make us well? we were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there was only a great fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:25 - The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:6 - So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.
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