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H2442Hebrew

חָכָה

Definition and meaning

chakah (khaw-kaw') v. 1. (properly) to adhere to 2. (hence) to await [a primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing)] KJV: long, tarry, wait. Root(s): H2707

Tagged KJV passages

13 matching verses - 14.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

Matched English: tarry
2 Kings 9:3

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

Matched English: tarry
Job 3:21

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Matched English: long
Job 32:4

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Matched English: waited
Psalms 33:20

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

Matched English: waiteth
Psalms 106:13

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

Matched English: waited
Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Matched English: wait
Isaiah 30:18

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Matched English: wait, wait
Isaiah 64:4

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Matched English: waiteth
Daniel 12:12

Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

Matched English: waiteth
Hosea 6:9

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Matched English: wait
Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Matched English: wait
Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Matched English: wait