{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6960",
  "lemma": "קָוָה",
  "transliteration": "qâvâh",
  "definition": "to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect",
  "kjv": "gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).",
  "occurrences": 49,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[קָוָה] vb. wait for",
    "Qal those waiting for",
    "Pi.",
    "1. wait, or look eagerly, for",
    "2. lie in wait for",
    "3. wait (linger) for",
    "קָוָה vb",
    "[קָוָה] vb. collect;—Niph. be collected"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:9",
      "text": "God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:18",
      "text": "I have waited for your salvation, LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:2",
      "text": "He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:4",
      "text": "What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:7",
      "text": "For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=7"
    },
    {
      "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 25:9",
      "text": "It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD!…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/25?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 26:8",
      "text": "Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/26?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 33:2",
      "text": "LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:31",
      "text": "but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=31"
    }
  ],
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