יָחַלyâchal/yaw-chal'/
HebrewH317640 occurrences (KJV)
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
KJV renders it: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Where it appears
- Gen 8:12He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him anymore.
- 1 Sam 10:8“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you are to do.”
- 1 Sam 13:8He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
- 2 Sam 18:14Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.
- 2 Kgs 6:33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
- Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
- Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
- Job 14:14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
- Job 29:21“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
- Job 29:23They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
- Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Job 32:11“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
- Job 32:16Shall I wait, because they don’t speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?
- Ps 31:24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.
- Ps 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Ps 33:22Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you.
- Ps 38:15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
- Ps 42:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
- Ps 42:11Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
- Ps 43:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
- Ps 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Ps 71:14But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
- Ps 119:43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.
- Ps 119:49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
- Ps 119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- Ps 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
- Ps 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
- Ps 130:5I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
- Ps 130:7Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
- Ps 131:3Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more.
- Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Isa 42:4He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
- Isa 51:5My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.
- Lam 3:21This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
- Lam 3:24“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
- Ezek 13:6They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘Yahweh says;’ but Yahweh has not sent them. They have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
- Ezek 19:5“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
- Mic 5:7The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
- Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.