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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

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Kings 7:9

    Then they said one to another: 'We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.'

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

  2. 2 Kings 9:3

    Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say: Thus saith the LORD: I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.'

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

  3. Job 3:21

    Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

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

  4. Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were older than he.

    חִכָּ֣ה chi.Kah “he had waited”

  5. Psalms 33:20

    Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

    חִכְּתָ֣ה chi.ke.Tah “it waits”

  6. Psalms 106:13

    They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel;

    חִ֝כּ֗וּ chi.Ku “they waited”

  7. Isaiah 8:17

    And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.

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

  8. Isaiah 30:18

    And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have compassion upon you; for the LORD is a God of justice, happy are all they that wait for Him.

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

  9. Isaiah 64:3

    And whereof from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God beside Thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for Him.

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

  10. Daniel 12:12

    Happy is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

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

  11. Hosea 6:9

    And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity.

    וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (חַכֵּ֨י) cha.Kei “wait for”

  12. Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it declareth of the end, and doth not lie; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.'

    חַכֵּה־ cha.keh- “wait”

  13. Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait ye for Me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them Mine indignation, even all My fierce anger; for all the earth shall be

    חַכּוּ־ cha.ku- “wait”