Strong's Definition
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
TWOT Reference: 1994,1995
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָוָה (qa.vah) — to await. 1) to wait, look for, hope, expect 1a) (Qal) waiting (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait or look eagerly for 1b2) to lie in wait for 1b3) to wait for, linger for
קָוָה (qa.vah) — to collect. 1) to collect, bind together 1a) (Niphal) to be collected
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קָו · קָוֶה · קַוְקָו · מִקְוֶה · תִּקְוָה
Wish | Confident | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ יחל · נבט · תַּאֲוָה | ≠ בגד
to look for, to wait for, to hope for = state in which humans are confident that their longing will be fulfilled
GEN 49:18 · JOB 3:9 · JOB 6:19 · JOB 7:2 · JOB 17:13 · JOB 30:26 · PSA 25:3 · PSA 25:5 · PSA 25:21 · PSA 27:14 · PSA 27:14 · PSA 37:9 · PSA 37:34 · PSA 39:8 · PSA 40:2 · PSA 40:2 · PSA 52:11 · PSA 56:7 · PSA 69:7 · PSA 69:21 · PSA 119:95 · PSA 130:5 · PSA 130:5 · PRO 20:22 · ISA 5:2 · ISA 5:4 · ISA 5:7 · ISA 8:17 · ISA 25:9 · ISA 25:9 · ISA 26:8 · ISA 33:2 · ISA 40:31 · ISA 49:23 · ISA 51:5 · ISA 59:9 · ISA 59:11 · ISA 60:9 · ISA 64:2 · JER 8:15 · JER 13:16 · JER 14:19 · JER 14:22 · LAM 2:16 · LAM 3:25 · HOS 12:7 · MIC 5:6
verb · מִקְוָה · מִקְוֶה
1 ISA 40:31 MT קֹויֵ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָוָה] vb. wait for Qal those waiting for
Pi. wait, or look eagerly, for
lie in wait for
wait (linger) for
base
[קָוָה] vb. collect;—Niph. be collected base