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קָוָה H6960

H6960 is the Hebrew word קָוָה, transliterated qâvâh and said kaw-vaw'. The King James Version most often renders it wait.

Word: קָוָהTransliteration: qâvâhSaid: kaw-vaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 41 verses

What it means

to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 40 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

wait 17×looked 7×waited 6×look 2×gathered together 1×waited for 1×looketh 1×if i wait 1×yea let none that wait 1×patiently 1×wait on 1×therein and he looked 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

Verses using קָוָה

The first 40 of 41 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:9 · KJV

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 49:18 · KJV

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Job 3:9 · KJV

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Job 7:2 · KJV

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Job 17:13 · KJV

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 30:26 · KJV

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Psalm 25:3 · KJV

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Psalm 25:5 · KJV

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 27:14 · KJV

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalm 37:9 · KJV

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:34 · KJV

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Psalm 39:7 · KJV

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Psalm 40:1 · KJV

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Psalm 52:9 · KJV

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Psalm 56:6 · KJV

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Psalm 69:6 · KJV

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

Psalm 69:20 · KJV

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 119:95 · KJV

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Psalm 130:5 · KJV

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Proverbs 20:22 · KJV

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Isaiah 5:2 · KJV

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 5:4 · KJV

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

Isaiah 5:7 · KJV

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Isaiah 25:9 · KJV

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Isaiah 26:8 · KJV

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Isaiah 33:2 · KJV

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 40:31 · KJV

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 51:5 · KJV

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

Isaiah 59:9 · KJV

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Isaiah 59:11 · KJV

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Isaiah 60:9 · KJV

Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Isaiah 64:3 · KJV

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Jeremiah 3:17 · KJV

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

Jeremiah 8:15 · KJV

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

Jeremiah 13:16 · KJV

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Jeremiah 14:19 · KJV

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Jeremiah 14:22 · KJV

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Lamentations 2:16 · KJV

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Lamentations 3:25 · KJV

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Hosea 12:6 · KJV

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6960 mean?

H6960 is the Hebrew word קָוָה (qâvâh), meaning to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect.

How is H6960 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it wait (17 times), looked (7 times), waited (6 times), look (2 times), gathered together (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6960 appear in the Bible?

קָוָה (qâvâh) is tagged in 41 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6960 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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