חָכָהchâkâh
wait, await
Pronunciation: khaw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2442
Meanings
Qal: waiting (Isaiah 30:18)
Pi`el
1. wait, tarry (2 Kings 9:3; 2 Kings 7:9; Job 32:4)
2. wait, (in ambush) (Hosea 6:9)
3. wait for, long for (Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 64:3; Zephaniah 3:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 7:9 Finally, they said to each other, “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren’t sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let’s go back and tell the people at the palace.”
- 2 Kings 9:3 and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run for your life!”
- Job 3:21 They long for death, and it won’t come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
- Job 32:4 Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.
- Psalms 33:20 We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 106:13 Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).