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Lexicon :: Strong's H8615 - tiqvâ

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תִּקְוָה
Transliteration
tiqvâ
Pronunciation
tik-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1994d,1994e

Strong’s Definitions

תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw'; from H6960; (compare H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy:—expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H8615 in the following manner: hope (23x), expectation (7x), line (2x), the thing that I long for (1x), expected (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H8615 in the following manner: hope (23x), expectation (7x), line (2x), the thing that I long for (1x), expected (1x).

  1. cord

  2. hope, expectation

    1. hope

    2. ground of hope

    3. things hoped for, outcome

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw'; from H6960; (compare H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy:—expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
STRONGS H8615: Abbreviations
† I. [תִּקְוָה] noun feminine cord (compare √ at the beginning); — construct תִּקְוַת ֽֽֽחוּט) הַשָּׁנִי Joshua 2:18, 21.

II. תִּקְוָה 34 noun feminine hope; — absolute ת׳ Hosea 2:17 +; construct תִּקְוַת Job 8:13 +; suffix תִּקְוָתִי Job 6:8 +, etc.; —
1. hope, Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:29; Job 5:16; Job 7:6; Job 11:18, 20; Job 14:7, 19; Job 17:15a Job 19:10; Psalm 62:6; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 29:20; Ruth 1:12; ת׳ פֶּתַח Hosea 2:17; אֲסִירֵי הַתּ׳ Zechariah 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance).
2. = ground of hope Job 4:6; Psalm 71:5 (compare Psalm 62:6).
3. things hoped for, outcome, Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 6:8; Job 8:13; Job 17:15b (but read טוֺבָתִי Greek Version of the LXX Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), Job 27:8; Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7, 23; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14 (strike out Toy as gloss); אַחֲרִית וְת׳ Jeremiah 29:11 (i.e. by hendyadis, the hoped-for future).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

2:18; 2:21

Ruth

1:12

Job

4:6; 5:16; 6:8; 6:8; 7:6; 8:13; 8:13; 11:18; 11:20; 14:7; 14:19; 17:15; 17:15; 19:10; 27:8

Psalms

9:19; 62:6; 62:6; 71:5

Proverbs

10:28; 11:7; 11:23; 19:18; 23:18; 24:14; 26:12; 29:20

Jeremiah

29:11; 31:17

Lamentations

3:29

Ezekiel

19:5; 37:11

Hosea

2:17; 2:17

Zechariah

9:12

H8615

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8615 matches the Hebrew תִּקְוָה (tiqvâ),
which occurs 34 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - And she said, “According to your words, so be it.” Then she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Is not your fear of God[fn] your confidence,
and the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:16 - So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 - “Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - And you will feel secure, because there is hope;
you will look around and take your rest in security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 - But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - where then is my hope?
Who will see my hope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:10 - He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone,
and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:8 - For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:5 - For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - The hope of the righteous brings joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When the wicked dies, his hope will perish,
and the expectation of wealth[fn] perishes too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23 - The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on putting him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:18 - Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:14 - Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, there will be a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare[fn] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:17 - There is hope for your future,
declares the LORD,
and your children shall come back to their own country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - let him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:5 - When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - And there I will give her her vineyards
and make the Valley of Achor[fn] a door of hope.
And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 - Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
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