תִּקְוָה tiqvah

Hebrew word for “hope” · Strong’s H8615 · used 34 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

1) hope, expectation; 1a) hope; 1b) ground of hope; 1c) things hoped for, outcome

Senses in the lexicon

• hope (32)
• cord (2)

How it is translated

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

• hope 32
• cord 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 2 (2), Job 11 (2), Job 14 (2), Proverbs 11 (2), Ruth 1 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 8 (1)

Forms

• תקוה 12
• תקות 5
• תקותי 4
• ותקות 3
• ותקותי 2
• ותקותך 2
• תקותך 1
• ותקותם 1
• ותקוה 1
• תקותה 1

Words used with it

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

• יֵשׁ yesh “there” 8
• אָבַד avad “to perish” 8
• אַחֲרִית acharit “end” 4
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 4
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
• תּוֹחֶלֶת tochelet “hope” 2
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• חָנֵף chaneph “profane” 2
• חַלּוֹן challon “window” 2
• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 3
• שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 2
• קָשַׁר qashar “to conspire” 2

Key verses

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

• Joshua 2:18 — Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father,…
• Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
• Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
• Job 11:20 — But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
• Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
• Psalms 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
• Psalms 71:5 — For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
• Proverbs 26:12 — Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Jeremiah 29:11 — For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
• Ezekiel 37:11 — Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for…
• Hosea 2:15 — And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the…
• Zechariah 9:12 — Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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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.