H6960 · קָוָה
qâvâh · kaw-vaw' · wait, look, wait for
H6960 (qâvâh, pronounced kaw-vaw') is the Hebrew word קָוָה in Strong’s dictionary: to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect. It appears 49 times in 45 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- קָוָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- qâvâh
- Pronunciation
- kaw-vaw'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- Rendered in the KJV
- gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
49 occurrences in 45 verses (48 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “wait” ×3
- “Wait” ×2
- “Wait patiently” ×2
- “We hope” ×2
- “We hoped” ×2
- “But those who wait” ×1
- “He looked” ×1
- “He waited for the vineyard” ×1
By book
Genesis 2 · Job 5 · Psalms 14 · Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 14 · Jeremiah 5 · Lamentations 2 · Hosea 1 · Micah 1
First 30 of 45 verses
- Genesis 1:9
- Genesis 49:18
- Job 3:9
- Job 6:19
- Job 7:2
- Job 17:13
- Job 30:26
- Psalms 25:3
- Psalms 25:5
- Psalms 25:21
- Psalms 27:14
- Psalms 37:9
- Psalms 37:34
- Psalms 39:7
- Psalms 40:1
- Psalms 52:9
- Psalms 56:6
- Psalms 69:6
- Psalms 69:20
- Psalms 119:95
- Psalms 130:5
- Proverbs 20:22
- Isaiah 5:2
- Isaiah 5:4
- Isaiah 5:7
- Isaiah 8:17
- Isaiah 25:9
- Isaiah 26:8
- Isaiah 33:2
- Isaiah 40:31
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6960.