קָוָה

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:9

• יִקָּו֨וּyikavuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them gather

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Genesis 49:18

• קִוִּ֥יתִיkivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I wait eagerly

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Job 3:9

• יְקַו־yekav-verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it wait

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

Job 6:19

• קִוּוּ־kivu-verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they look eagerly

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

Job 7:2

• יְקַוֶּ֥הyekavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he longs for

If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 17:13

• אֲ֭קַוֶּהʾakavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will hope for

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Job 30:26

• קִ֭וִּיתִיkivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I waited for

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

Psalms 25:3

• קֹ֭וֶיךָkoeichaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wait for you

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Psalms 25:5

• קִ֝וִּ֗יתִיkivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have waited for

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Psalms 25:21

• קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃kivitichaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I have waited for you

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Psalms 27:14

• קַוֵּ֗הkavehverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wait
• וְ֝קַוֵּ֗הvekavehconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and wait

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Psalms 37:9

• וְקֹוֵ֥יvekoveiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and wait for

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Psalms 37:34

• קַוֵּ֤הkavehverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wait

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Psalms 39:7

• קִּוִּ֣יתִיkivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: do I wait for

I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalms 40:1

• קַוֹּ֣הkavohverb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to wait
• קִוִּ֣יתִיkivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I waited for

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

Psalms 52:9

• וַאֲקַוֶּ֖הvaakavehHC/Vpu1cstagged: and I may wait for

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Psalms 56:6

• קִוּ֥וּkivuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have waited for

May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

Psalms 69:6

• קֹוֶיךָ֮koeichaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wait for you

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

Psalms 69:20

• וָאֲקַוֶּ֣הvaakavehHc/Vpw1cstagged: and I waited

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

Psalms 119:95

• קִוּ֣וּkivuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have waited

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Psalms 130:5

• קִוִּ֣יתִיkivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I wait for
• קִוְּתָ֣הkivetahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it waits

Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

Proverbs 20:22

• קַוֵּ֥הkavehverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wait

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Isaiah 5:2

• וַיְקַ֛וvaykavHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he waited

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Isaiah 5:4

• קִוֵּ֛יתִיkiveitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: did I wait

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Isaiah 5:7

• וַיְקַ֤וvaykavHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he waited

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Isaiah 8:17

• וְקִוֵּ֖יתִֽי־vekiveiti-Hc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will wait eagerly

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Isaiah 25:9

• קִוִּ֥ינוּkivinuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have waited
• קִוִּ֣ינוּkivinuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have waited

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

Isaiah 26:8

• קִוִּינ֑וּךָkivinuchaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: we have waited for you

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

Isaiah 33:2

• קִוִּ֑ינוּkivinuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have waited

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31

• וְקוֹיֵ֤vekoyeconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and wait for

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Isaiah 49:23

• קוָֹֽי׃ סkovaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wait for me

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Isaiah 51:5

• יְקַוּ֔וּyekavuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will wait

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Isaiah 59:9

• נְקַוֶּ֤הnekavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we wait eagerly

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:11

• נְקַוֶּ֤הnekavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we wait eagerly

Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

Isaiah 60:9

• יְקַוּ֗וּyekavuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will wait

When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

Isaiah 64:3

• נְקַוֶּ֑הnekavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we were looking for

At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Jeremiah 3:17

• וְנִקְוּ֨וּvenikvvuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be collected

We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Jeremiah 8:15

• קַוֵּ֥הkavehverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: we waited eagerly

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

• וְקִוִּיתֶ֤םvekivitemHc/Vpq2mptagged: and you will wait

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Jeremiah 14:19

• קַוֵּ֤הkavehverb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolutetagged: we waited eagerly

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Jeremiah 14:22

• וּ֨נְקַוֶּה־unekaveh-HC/Vpu1cptagged: so we may wait eagerly

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Lamentations 2:16

• שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּshekivinuhurelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: that we have waited for it

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Lamentations 3:25

• לְקוָֹ֔יוlekovavpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to wait for him

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

Hosea 12:6

• וְקַוֵּ֥הvekavehconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and wait

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Micah 5:7

• יְקַוֶּה֙yekavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it waits