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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 - unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.” So 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 - Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless 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 its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 - “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,

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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 they come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:20 - But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:15 - where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:10 - He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:8 - For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:5 - Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:28 - The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - Hopes placed in mortals die with them; all the promise of[fn] their power comes to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:18 - There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:14 - Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, 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 person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

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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 to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:17 - So there is hope for your descendants,”

declares the LORD.

“Your children will return to their own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - Let him bury his face 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 her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong 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 people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor[fn] a door of hope. There she will respond[fn] as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:12 - Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
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