תִּקְוָהtiqvâh
תִּקְוָה: cord (Joshua 2:18; Joshua 2:21)
Pronunciation: tik-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8615
Meanings
תִּקְוָה: hope
1. hope (Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:29; Job 5:16)
2. = ground of hope (Job 4:6; Psalms 71:5; Psalms 62:6)
3. things hoped for, outcome (Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 6:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 34 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 2:18 When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.
- Joshua 2:21 “I accept your terms,” she replied. And she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope hanging from the window.
- Ruth 1:12 No, my daughters, return to your parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what?
- Job 4:6 Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?
- Job 5:16 And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
- Job 6:8 “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my desire.
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).