תּוֹחֶלֶתtôwcheleth

hope (Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7; Psalms 39:8; Lamentations 3:18)

Pronunciation: to-kheh'-leth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8431

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Job 41:9 No, it is useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.
  • Psalms 39:7 And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.
  • Proverbs 10:28 The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.
  • Proverbs 11:7 When the wicked die, their hopes die with them, for they rely on their own feeble strength.
  • Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
  • Lamentations 3:18 I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”

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).