Tiqvâh — H8615

H8615 · Hebrew — תקוה

Pronunciation: tik-vaw'

Definition

feminine noun

literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy

  1. cord
  2. hope, expectation
    1. hope
    2. ground of hope
    3. things hoped for, outcome

Usually translated as

hope, expectation, expected, live, thing that I long for

Origin

from H6960; (compare H6961)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tiqvâh occurs 34 times in 33 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), Ruth (1), Job (12), Psalms (3), Proverbs (8), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T