חָכָה chakhah
Hebrew word for “to wait” · Strong’s H2442 · used 14 times in 13 verses
Meaning
1) to wait, wait for, await; 1a) (Qal) to wait for; 1b) (Piel); 1b1) to wait, tarry; 1b2) to wait (in ambush); 1b3) to wait for, long for
How it is translated
Glosses given for chakhah in context, with how often each is used:
- one who waits 2
- wait 2
- will delay 1
- must delay 1
- those who long 1
- had waited 1
- waits 1
- waited 1
- will wait 1
- waiting 1
- those who wait 1
- wait for 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Kings 7 (1), 2 Kings 9 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 32 (1), Psalms 33 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Isaiah 8 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Isaiah 64 (1), Daniel 12 (1)
Forms
- חכה 2
- חכו 2
- וחכינו 1
- תחכה 1
- המחכים 1
- חכתה 1
- וחכיתי 1
- יחכה 1
- חוכי 1
- למחכה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chakhah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
Key verses
The verses using chakhah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Kings 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will…
- 2 Kings 9:3 — Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry…
- Job 3:21 — Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
- Psalms 33:20 — Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 106:13 — They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- Isaiah 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of…
- Isaiah 64:4 — For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him…
- Daniel 12:12 — Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
- Hosea 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- Habakkuk 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not…
- Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.