# H8431 תּוֹחֶלֶת

תּוֹחֶלֶת (tôwcheleth), Strong’s H8431: expectation KJV: hope.. Occurs 6 times.

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*tôwcheleth* — expectation

KJV: hope.

Derived from [יָחַל yâchal](https://besorah.bible/word/H3176) (to wait)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת n.f. hope

## Where it occurs
- [Psalms 39:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/39?v=8) — Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
- [Proverbs 10:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=28) — The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
- [Proverbs 11:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/11?v=7) — When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
- [Proverbs 13:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=12) — Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
- [Job 41:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/41?v=1) — Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
- [Lamentations 3:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/3?v=18) — I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”