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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 one to another, We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if we wait until 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 says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and don't wait.

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

  3. Job 3:21

    Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

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

  4. Job 32:4

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

    חִכָּ֣ה chi.Kah “he had waited”

  5. Psalms 33:20

    Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

    חִכְּתָ֣ה chi.ke.Tah “it waits”

  6. Psalms 106:13

    They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,

    חִ֝כּ֗וּ chi.Ku “they waited”

  7. Isaiah 8:17

    I will wait for Yahweh, who hides 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

    Therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

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

  9. Isaiah 64:4

    For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

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

  10. Daniel 12:12

    Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

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

  11. Hosea 6:9

    As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, So the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, Committing shameful crimes.

    וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (חַכֵּ֨י) cha.Kei “wait for”

  12. Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.

    חַכֵּה־ cha.keh- “wait”

  13. Zephaniah 3:8

    "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "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 on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

    חַכּוּ־ cha.ku- “wait”