קָוָה (qāwâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning wait for. It appears
49 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6960).
Also rendered
to await
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1994)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1994)wait for; those waiting for; wait, look eagerly, for, lie in wait for; bind, collect, expect; gather, look, patiently, tarry
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָוָהverb: wait for
Qalthose waiting for
Piel
1.wait, or look eagerly, for
2.lie in wait for
3.wait (linger) for
Strong's H6960קָוָה: to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect KJV:gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.