{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2442",
  "lemma": "חָכָה",
  "transliteration": "châkâh",
  "definition": "properly, to adhere to; hence, to await",
  "kjv": "long, tarry, wait.",
  "occurrences": 14,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[חָכָה] vb. wait, await",
    "Qal waiting for him",
    "Pi.",
    "1. wait, tarry",
    "2. wait (in ambush)",
    "3. wait for, long for"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 7:9",
      "text": "Then they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/7?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 9:3",
      "text": "Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘The LORD says, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 8:17",
      "text": "I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/8?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 30:18",
      "text": "Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 64:3",
      "text": "For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 6:9",
      "text": "As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/6?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Habakkuk 2:3",
      "text": "For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zephaniah 3:8",
      "text": "“Therefore wait for me”, says the LORD, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 33:20",
      "text": "Our soul has waited for the LORD. He is our help and our shield.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/33?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 106:13",
      "text": "They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/106?v=13"
    }
  ],
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