Occurrences
Châkâh occurs 14 times in 13 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (3), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1)
- 2 Kings 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry (וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ) till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
- 2 Kings 9:3 — Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry (תְחַכֶּֽה) not.
- Job 3:21 — Which long (הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים) for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
- Job 32:4 — Now Elihu had waited (חִכָּ֣ה) till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
- Psalms 33:20 — Our soul waiteth (חִכְּתָ֣ה) for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 106:13 — They soon forgat his works; they waited (חִ֝כּ֗וּ) not for his counsel:
- Isaiah 8:17 — And I will wait (וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙) upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait (יְחַכֶּ֤ה), that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
- Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait (ח֥וֹכֵי) for him.
- Isaiah 64:4 — For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth (לִמְחַכֵּה) for him.
- Daniel 12:12 — Blessed is he that waiteth (הַֽמְחַכֶּ֖ה), and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
- Hosea 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait (וּכְחַכֵּ֨י) for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- Habakkuk 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait (חַכֵּה) for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait (חַכּוּ) ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.