H8615 - תִּקְוָה (tiqvâh)

H8615 תִּקְוָה (tiqvâh) tik-vaw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy

Derivation: from H6960 (קָוָה); (compare H6961 (קָוֶה))

KJV Usage: expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

TWOT Reference: 1994d,e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) cord

2) hope, expectation

2a) hope

2b) ground of hope

2c) things hoped for, outcome

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G18 G1680 G4592 G4864 G5287

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תִּקְוָה tiqvâh BDB Definition: 1) cord 2) hope, expectation 2a) hope 2b) ground of hope 2c) things hoped for, outcome Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6960 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1994d, 1994e Total KJV Occurrences: 34

Bible Occurrences (33)

2:18 2:21

1:12

4:6 5:16 6:8 7:6 8:13 11:18 11:20 14:7 14:19 17:15 19:10 27:8

9:18 62:5 71:5

10:28 11:7 11:23 19:18 23:18 24:14 26:12 29:20

29:11 31:17

3:29

19:5 37:11

2:15

9:12

Joshua 2:18

unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord... in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought... your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

Joshua 2:21

Let it be as you say..., she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Ruth 1:12

Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband... tonight and to bear sons,

Job 4:6

Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Job 6:8

If only... my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Job 8:13

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.