# H6960 קָוָה

קָוָה (qâvâh), Strong’s H6960: to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect KJV: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).. Occurs 49 times.

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*qâvâh* — to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect

KJV: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

Occurs 49 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 1:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=9) — God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
- [Genesis 49:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=18) — I have waited for your salvation, LORD.
- [Isaiah 5:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=2) — He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also…
- [Isaiah 5:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=4) — 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…
- [Isaiah 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=7) — For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for…
- [Isaiah 8:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/8?v=17) — I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- [Isaiah 25:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/25?v=9) — 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!…
- [Isaiah 26:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/26?v=8) — Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
- [Isaiah 33:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=2) — LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of…
- [Isaiah 40:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=31) — but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run…