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Strong's #8615 - תִּקְוָה
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- cord
- hope, expectation
- hope
- ground of hope
- things hoped for, outcome
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1420) fq (קו QW) AC: Measure CO: Cord AB: ?: A cord used for measuring a straight line. Related to eq.
A) fq (קו QW) AC: Measure CO: Cord AB: ?
Nm ) fq (קו QW) - Cord: KJV (21): line, rule - Strongs: H6957 (קָו)
if1) efqt (תקוה TQWH) - I. Cord:Used for binding. II. Waiting:Held back waiting for something. KJV (34): hope, expect, line, long - Strongs: H8615 (תִּקְוָה)
l m) fqfq (קוקו QWQW) - Measured: As with a cord. KJV (2): meted - Strongs: H6978 (קַו־קַו)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
II. תִּקְוָה34 noun feminine hope; — absolute ׳ת Hosea 2:17 +; construct תִּקְוַת Job 8:13 +; suffix תִּקְוָתִי Job 6:8 +, etc.; —
1 hope, Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:29; Job 5:16; Job 7:6; Job 11:18,20; Job 14:7,19; Job 17:15a Job 19:10; Psalm 62:6; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 29:20; Ruth 1:12; ׳מֶּתַח ת Hosea 2:17; ׳אֲסִירֵי הַתּ Zechariah 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance).
2 = ground of hope Job 4:6; Psalm 71:5 (compare Psalm 62:6).
3 things hoped for, outcome, Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 6:8; Job 8:13; Job 17:15b (but read טוֺבָתִיᵐ5 Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), Job 27:8; Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7,23; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14 (strike out Toy as gloss); ׳אַחֲרִית וְת Jeremiah 29:11 (i.e. by hendyadis, the hoped-for future).
תִּקְוָה fem.
(1) i.q. קָו a rope, Joshua 2:18, 21 Joshua 2:21 from the root קָוָה No. I.
(2) expectation, hope (from קִוָּה to expect. Ruth 1:12; Job 5:16, 5:6 Zechariah 9:12, אֲסִירֵי הַתִּקְוָה “the captives cherishing hope.” As to the words, Job 6:8, see וְ note, p. 235, B.
(3) [Tikvah], pr.n. masc. 2 Kings 22:14 for which there is in the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 34:22, תּוֹקַחַת כתיב ;תָּקְהַת (obedience, from the root יָקַהּ).