תִּקְוָה
tiqwâ
hope
Strong's H8615NounHebrewTWOT 1994eEmotions

תִּקְוָה (tiqwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning hope. It appears 34 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8615).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1994e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1994e)hope; things hoped for, outcome; cord, attachment, expectancy; expectation, live, thing that I long for
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תִּקְוָה noun, feminine: hope

Strong's H8615 תִּקְוָה: literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
KJV:expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

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.

Root family 1994: קָוָה qāwâ — wait for; those waiting for; wait, look eagerly, for, lie in wait for; bind, collect, expect; gather, look, patiently, tarry

See it in Scripture

Joshua 2:18Ruth 1:12Job 4:6

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