Lexicon :: Strong's H8615 - tiqvâ

תִּקְוָה
Transliteration
tiqvâ
Pronunciation
tik-vaw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קָוָה (H6960)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1994d,1994e

Strong’s Definitions

תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw'; from H6960; (compare H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy:—expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H8615 in the following manner: hope (23x), expectation (7x), line (2x), the thing that I long for (1x), expected (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H8615 in the following manner: hope (23x), expectation (7x), line (2x), the thing that I long for (1x), expected (1x).
  1. cord

  2. hope, expectation

    1. hope

    2. ground of hope

    3. things hoped for, outcome

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּקְוָה tiqvâh, tik-vaw'; from H6960; (compare H6961) literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy:—expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
STRONGS H8615: Abbreviations
† I. [תִּקְוָה] noun feminine cord (compare √ at the beginning); — construct תִּקְוַת ֽֽֽחוּט) הַשָּׁנִי Joshua 2:18, 21.

II. תִּקְוָה 34 noun feminine hope; — absolute ת׳ Hosea 2:17 +; construct תִּקְוַת Job 8:13 +; suffix תִּקְוָתִי Job 6:8 +, etc.; —
1. hope, Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:29; Job 5:16; Job 7:6; Job 11:18, 20; Job 14:7, 19; Job 17:15a Job 19:10; Psalm 62:6; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 29:20; Ruth 1:12; ת׳ פֶּתַח Hosea 2:17; אֲסִירֵי הַתּ׳ Zechariah 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance).
2. = ground of hope Job 4:6; Psalm 71:5 (compare Psalm 62:6).
3. things hoped for, outcome, Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 6:8; Job 8:13; Job 17:15b (but read טוֺבָתִי Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), Job 27:8; Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7, 23; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14 (strike out Toy as gloss); אַחֲרִית וְת׳ Jeremiah 29:11 (i.e. by hendyadis, the hoped-for future).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

2:18; 2:21

Ruth

1:12

Job

4:6; 5:16; 6:8; 6:8; 7:6; 8:13; 8:13; 11:18; 11:20; 14:7; 14:19; 17:15; 17:15; 19:10; 27:8

Psalms

9:19; 62:6; 62:6; 71:5

Proverbs

10:28; 11:7; 11:23; 19:18; 23:18; 24:14; 26:12; 29:20

Jeremiah

29:11; 31:17

Lamentations

3:29

Ezekiel

19:5; 37:11

Hosea

2:17; 2:17

Zechariah

9:12