Strong's Hebrew · H8615

תִּקְוָה

tiqvâh · tik-vaw'

Definitionliterally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
Derivationfrom H6960 (קָוָה); (compare H6961 (קָוֶה))
KJV usageexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Occurrences34 in the KJV · 33 verses

תִּקְוָה in Scripture

Joshua 2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father' s household, home unto thee. Joshua 2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. Ruth 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way ; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, and should also bear sons; Job 4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? Job 5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. Job 6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Job 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite' s hope shall perish: Job 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. Job 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Job 14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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