Qavah קָוָה

Qavah (Hebrew קָוָה, Strong's H6960) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to await”. It occurs 49 times in 45 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6960A: to await

H6960B: to collect

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Hope
• Waiting on God

Verses

Every verse with Qavah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• 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.And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
• Genesis 49:18
  I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Job

• Job 3:9
  Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
• Job 6:19
  The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
• Job 7:2
  As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
• Job 17:13
  If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
• Job 30:26
  When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Psalms

• Psalm 25:3
  Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
• Psalm 25:5
  Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
• Psalm 25:21
  Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Psalm 27:14
  Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
• Psalm 37:9
  For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
• Psalm 37:34
  Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
• Psalm 39:7
  And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
• Psalm 40:1
  I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
• Psalm 52:9
  I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
• Psalm 56:6
  They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Psalm 69:6
  Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
• Psalm 69:20
  Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
• Psalm 119:95
  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
• Psalm 130:5
  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 20:22
  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:2
  And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
• Isaiah 5:4
  What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
• Isaiah 5:7
  For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
• 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.I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
• 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.And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
• Isaiah 26:8
  Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
• Isaiah 33:2
  O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
• Isaiah 40:31
  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
• Isaiah 49:23
  And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
• Isaiah 51:5
  My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
• 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.Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
• Isaiah 59:11
  We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Isaiah 60:9
  Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
• Isaiah 64:3
  When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 3:17
  At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
• Jeremiah 8:15
  We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
• Jeremiah 13:16
  Give 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.Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
• Jeremiah 14:19
  Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
• Jeremiah 14:22
  Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:16
  All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
• Lamentations 3:25
  The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Hosea

• Hosea 12:6
  Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

Micah

• Micah 5:7
  And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).