Strong's Definition
a primitive root (apparently akin to 2707 through the idea of piercing); properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
KJV Usage: long, tarry, wait
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָכָה (cha.khah) — to wait. 1) to wait, wait for, await 1a) (Qal) to wait for 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, tarry 1b2) to wait (in ambush) 1b3) to wait for, long for
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֲכַלְיָה
Non-Engage | verb qal, verb pi
to defer action, to wait, to lie in wait, to delay, to hesitate, to long = action by which humans or deities consciously remain in a particular state
2KI 7:9 · 2KI 9:3 · JOB 3:21 · JOB 32:4 · PSA 33:20 · PSA 106:13 · ISA 8:17 · ISA 30:18 · ISA 30:18 · ISA 64:3 · DAN 12:12 · HOS 6:9 · HAB 2:3 · ZEP 3:8
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָכָה] vb. wait, await Qal waiting for him
Pi. wait, tarry
wait (in ambush)
wait for, long for
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