יָחַל yachal
Hebrew word for “to wait” · Strong’s H3176 · used 41 times in 41 verses
Meaning
: hope/trust; 1) to wait, hope, expect;
Senses in the lexicon
- to wait: hope (26)
- to wait: wait (15)
How it is translated
Glosses given for yachal in context, with how often each is used:
- will wait 8
- hope 8
- waited 7
- wait 3
- those who hope 2
- have waited 2
- waiting 2
- will hope 1
- those who wait 1
- have made hope 1
- have hoped 1
- will hope ! 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 19 | 1.0 | |
| Job | 8 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 119 (6), Job 29 (2), Job 32 (2), Psalms 33 (2), Psalms 42 (2), Psalms 130 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Genesis 8 (1), 1 Samuel 10 (1), 1 Samuel 13 (1)
Forms
- יחלתי 5
- איחל 4
- הוחילי 3
- הוחלתי 3
- אוחיל 3
- ויחלו 3
- המיחלים 2
- יחל 2
- אוחילה 2
- ואיחלה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yachal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 8
- עוֹד od “still” 7
- הָמָה hamah “to roar” 4
- דָּבָר davar “word” 9
- קָוָה qavah “to await” 4
- שָׁחַח shachach “to bow” 3
- חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 4
- עַד ad “till” 6
- מָה mah “what?” 5
- יָרֵא yare “afraid” 3
- יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 3
- יָדָה yadah “to give thanks” 3
Key verses
The verses using yachal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- Psalms 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
- Psalms 119:81 — My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
- Psalms 130:5 — I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- Psalms 130:7 — Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
- Psalms 147:11 — The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Isaiah 42:4 — He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Isaiah 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
- Jeremiah 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the…
- Ezekiel 13:6 — They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm…
- Micah 5:7 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for…
- Micah 7:7 — Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
See all 41 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.