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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תִּקְוָה (tiq.vah) — cord. cord
תִּקְוָה (tiq.vah) — hope. 1) hope, expectation 1a) hope 1b) ground of hope 1c) things hoped for, outcome
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Wish | Confident | ≈ כִּסְלָה · מִבְטָח · שְׁאֵלָה · תַּאֲוָה · תֹּוחֶלֶת
hope = state in which humans are confident that their longing will be fulfilled
RUT 1:12 · JOB 4:6 · JOB 5:16 · JOB 6:8 · JOB 7:6 · JOB 8:13 · JOB 11:18 · JOB 11:20 · JOB 14:7 · JOB 14:19 · JOB 17:15 · JOB 17:15 · JOB 19:10 · JOB 27:8 · PSA 9:19 · PSA 62:6 · PSA 71:5 · PRO 10:28 · PRO 11:7 · PRO 11:23 · PRO 19:18 · PRO 23:18 · PRO 24:14 · PRO 26:12 · PRO 29:20 · JER 29:11 · JER 31:17 · LAM 3:29 · EZK 19:5 · EZK 37:11 · HOS 2:17 · ZEC 9:12
name
Names of People | ≈ תָּקְהַת
Tikvah = man, also known as Tokhath; ► father of Shallum, husband of Huldah, prophetess
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תִּקְוָה] n.f. cord base
תִּקְוָה 34 n.f. hope hope
= ground of hope
things hoped for, outcome
base