Tiqvah תִּקְוָה

Tiqvah (Hebrew תִּקְוָה, Strong's H8615) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “hope”. It occurs 34 times in 33 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8615B: hope

H8615A: cord

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

Translated as

Topics

• Hope

Verses

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

Joshua

• Joshua 2:18
  Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
• Joshua 2:21
  And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Ruth

• Ruth 1:12
  Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

Job

• Job 4:6
  Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
• Job 5:16
  So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
• Job 6:8
  Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
• Job 7:6
  My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
• Job 8:13
  So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
• Job 11:18
  And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
• Job 11:20
  But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
• Job 14:7
  For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
• Job 14:19
  The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
• Job 17:15
  And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
• Job 19:10
  He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
• Job 27:8
  For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Psalms

• Psalm 9:18
  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• Psalm 62:5
  My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
• Psalm 71:5
  For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 10:28
  The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
• Proverbs 11:7
  When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
• Proverbs 11:23
  The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
• Proverbs 19:18
  Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
• Proverbs 23:18
  For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
• Proverbs 24:14
  So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
• Proverbs 26:12
  Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Proverbs 29:20
  Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 29:11
  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
• Jeremiah 31:17
  And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:29
  He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 19:5
  Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
• Ezekiel 37:11
  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Hosea

• Hosea 2:15
  And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 9:12
  Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

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).