- Original: חכה
- Transliteration: Chakah
- Phonetic: khaw-kaw'
- Definition:
1. to wait, wait for, await
a. (Qal) to wait for
b. (Piel)
1. to wait, tarry
2. to wait (in ambush)
3. to wait for, long for
- Origin: a primitive root [apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing]
- TWOT entry: 645
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing); properly to adhere to; hence to await: - long tarry wait.
Total KJV Occurrences: 14
• long, 1
Job 3:21
• tarry, 2
2 Kings 7:9; 2 Kings 9:3
• wait, 6
Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 30:18(2); Hosea 6:9; Habakkuk 2:3; Zephaniah 3:8
• waited, 2
Job 32:4; Psalm 106:13
• waiteth, 3
Psalm 33:20; Isaiah 64:4; Daniel 12:12