קָוָה qavah

Hebrew word for “to await” · Strong’s H6960 · used 49 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

1) to wait, look for, hope, expect;

Senses in the lexicon

• to await (46)
• to collect (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for qavah in context, with how often each is used:

• wait 6
• those who wait for 6
• have waited for 5
• have waited 4
• wait eagerly 3
• waited 3
• will wait 3
• waited for 2
• waits 2
• waited eagerly 2
• look eagerly 1
• who he longs for 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 25 (3), Isaiah 5 (3), Psalms 37 (2), Psalms 69 (2), Isaiah 59 (2), Jeremiah 14 (2), Genesis 1 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 6 (1)

Forms

• קויתי 7
• קוה 6
• קוו 3
• קוינו 3
• יקוו 3
• נקוה 3
• יקוה 2
• קויך 2
• וקוה 2
• וקוי 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָחַל yachal “to wait” 4
• יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 4
• אוֹר or “light” 4
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 5
• בְּאֻשִׁים beushim “sour grapes” 2
• בְּעָתָה beatah “terror” 2
• עֵת et “time” 4
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 5
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
• רְבִיבִים raviv “shower” 2
• בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 3

Key verses

The verses using qavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Isaiah 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for…
• 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 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad…
• Isaiah 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• Isaiah 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,…
• Isaiah 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the…
• Isaiah 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the…
• Jeremiah 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into…
• Jeremiah 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait…
• Lamentations 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• 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…

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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.