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H2442חָכָהcha.khah

to waitPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 4
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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14 occurrences in 13 verses

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  1. 2 Kings 7:9

    Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we say nothing: if we go on waiting here till the morning, punishment will come to us. So let us go and give the news to those of the king's house.

    וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ (חִכִּ֛ינוּ) chi.Ki.nu “we will delay”

  2. 2 Kings 9:3

    Then take the bottle and put the oil on his head, and say, The Lord says, I have put the holy oil on you to make you king over Israel. Then, opening the door, go in flight, without waiting.

    תְחַכֶּֽה׃ te.cha.Keh “you must delay”

  3. Job 3:21

    To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

    הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים (מְחַכִּ֣ים) m.cha.Kim “[who] long”

  4. Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

    חִכָּ֣ה chi.Kah “he had waited”

  5. Psalms 33:20

    Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.

    חִכְּתָ֣ה chi.ke.Tah “it waits”

  6. Psalms 106:13

    But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

    חִ֝כּ֗וּ chi.Ku “they waited”

  7. Isaiah 8:17

    And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

    וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙ (חִכִּ֙יתִי֙) chi.Ki.ti “I will wait”

  8. Isaiah 30:18

    For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

    יְחַכֶּ֤ה ye.cha.Keh “he is waiting”ח֥וֹכֵי Cho.khei “[those who] wait”

  9. Isaiah 64:3

    The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

    לִמְחַכֵּה־ (מְחַכֵּה) m.cha.keh- “[one who] waits”

  10. Daniel 12:12

    A blessing will be on the man who goes on waiting, and comes to the thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days.

    הַֽמְחַכֶּ֖ה (מְחַכֶּ֖ה) m.cha.Keh “[one who] waits”

  11. Hosea 6:9

    And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.

    וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (חַכֵּ֨י) cha.Kei “wait for”

  12. Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.

    חַכֵּה־ cha.keh- “wait”

  13. Zephaniah 3:8

    For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the

    חַכּוּ־ cha.ku- “wait”