H6960 קָוָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 49 KJV occurrences
קָוָה
qâvâh · kaw-vaw'
Definition
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV Renderings
gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 49)
- Genesis 1:9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Psalms 37:9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
- Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Proverbs 20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
- Isaiah 25:9¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 59:9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.