8615. tiqvah
Strong's Lexicon
tiqvah: Hope, expectation

Original Word: תִּקְוָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tiqvah
Pronunciation: tik-VAH
Phonetic Spelling: (tik-vaw')
Definition: Hope, expectation
Meaning: a cord, expectancy

Word Origin: Derived from the root קָוָה (qavah), which means "to wait for" or "to look eagerly for."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1680 (ἐλπίς, elpis): Often translated as "hope" in the New Testament, reflecting a similar sense of confident expectation in God's promises.

Usage: The Hebrew word "tiqvah" primarily denotes a sense of hope or expectation. It is used in the Old Testament to convey a confident anticipation of good, often in the context of God's promises and deliverance. This hope is not a mere wishful thinking but a firm assurance based on the character and faithfulness of God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, hope was deeply rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people. Unlike the uncertain hope of the surrounding pagan cultures, Israel's hope was anchored in the steadfast love and promises of Yahweh. This hope was both a personal and communal experience, often expressed in times of distress, exile, or waiting for divine intervention.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [תִּקְוָה] noun feminine cord (compare √ at the beginning); — construct תִּקְוַת ˜חוּט) הַשָּׁנִי Joshua 2:18,21.

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 טוֺבָתִי ᵐ5 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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
expectation ted, hope, live, thing that I long for

From qavah; literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare qaveh)); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.

see HEBREW qavah

see HEBREW qaveh

Forms and Transliterations
הַתִּקְוָ֑ה התקוה וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י וְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗ם וְתִקְוַ֖ת וְתִקְוָֽה׃ ותקוה׃ ותקות ותקותי ותקותך ותקותם תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה תִּקְוַ֖ת תִּקְוַ֡ת תִּקְוַ֣ת תִּקְוַ֥ת תִּקְוָ֑ה תִּקְוָ֖ה תִּקְוָ֥ה תִּקְוָֽה׃ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ תִּקְוָתָ֑הּ תִקְוָ֔ה תִקְוָתִ֑י תִקְוָתֵ֖נוּ תקוה תקוה׃ תקות תקותה תקותי תקותי׃ תקותך תקותנו hat·tiq·wāh hattikVah hattiqwāh tikVah tikVat tikvaTah tikvatecha tikvaTenu tikvaTi tiq·wā·ṯāh tiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā ṯiq·wā·ṯê·nū tiq·wā·ṯî ṯiq·wā·ṯî tiq·wāh ṯiq·wāh tiq·waṯ tiqwāh ṯiqwāh tiqwaṯ tiqwāṯāh tiqwāṯəḵā ṯiqwāṯênū tiqwāṯî ṯiqwāṯî vetikVah vetikVat vetikvaTam vetikvatecha vetikvaTi wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯām wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯî wə·ṯiq·wāh wə·ṯiq·waṯ wəṯiqwāh wəṯiqwaṯ wəṯiqwāṯām wəṯiqwāṯəḵā wəṯiqwāṯî
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 2:18
HEB: בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֶת־ תִּקְוַ֡ת חוּט֩ הַשָּׁנִ֨י
NAS: you tie this cord of scarlet thread
KJV: thou shalt bind this line of scarlet
INT: come the land cord thread of scarlet

Joshua 2:21
HEB: וַתִּקְשֹׁ֛ר אֶת־ תִּקְוַ֥ת הַשָּׁנִ֖י בַּחַלּֽוֹן׃
NAS: the scarlet cord in the window.
KJV: the scarlet line in the window.
INT: departed tied cord the scarlet the window

Ruth 1:12
HEB: יֶשׁ־ לִ֣י תִקְוָ֔ה גַּ֣ם הָיִ֤יתִי
NAS: I have hope, if I should even
KJV: I have hope, [if] I should have an husband
INT: said have hope even have

Job 4:6
HEB: יִ֭רְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ וְתֹ֣ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: of your ways your hope?
KJV: thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness
INT: afraid your confidence hope and the integrity of your ways

Job 5:16
HEB: וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה
NAS: has hope, And unrighteousness
KJV: So the poor hath hope, and iniquity
INT: has the helpless hope and iniquity shut

Job 6:8
HEB: תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃
NAS: And that God would grant my longing!
KJV: would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
INT: come my request my longing grant God

Job 7:6
HEB: וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃
NAS: And come to an end without hope.
KJV: and are spent without hope.
INT: and come without hope

Job 8:13
HEB: שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃
NAS: God; And the hope of the godless
KJV: and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
INT: who God and the hope of the godless will perish

Job 11:18
HEB: כִּי־ יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ לָבֶ֥טַח
NAS: there is hope; And you would look around
KJV: because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
INT: because there is hope look securely

Job 11:20
HEB: אָבַ֣ד מִנְהֶ֑ם וְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗ם מַֽפַּח־ נָֽפֶשׁ׃
NAS: escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last.
KJV: and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up
INT: will be no them and their hope breathe of the ghost

Job 14:7
HEB: יֵ֥שׁ לָעֵ֗ץ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה אִֽם־ יִ֭כָּרֵת
NAS: For there is hope for a tree, When
KJV: For there is hope of a tree,
INT: there A tree is hope When is cut

Job 14:19
HEB: עֲפַר־ אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃
NAS: So You destroy man's hope.
KJV: and thou destroyest the hope of man.
INT: the dust of the earth hope man's destroy

Job 17:15
HEB: וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י
NAS: Where now is my hope? And who regards
KJV: And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope,
INT: Where now expectation expectation any

Job 17:15
HEB: אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃
NAS: And who regards my hope?
KJV: my hope? as for my hope, who shall see
INT: now expectation expectation any regards

Job 19:10
HEB: וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃
NAS: And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
KJV: and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed
INT: has uprooted A tree my hope

Job 27:8
HEB: כִּ֤י מַה־ תִּקְוַ֣ת חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י
NAS: For what is the hope of the godless
KJV: For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite,
INT: when what is the hope of the godless When

Psalm 9:18
HEB: יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְי֑וֹן תִּקְוַ֥ת [עֲנָוִים כ]
NAS: be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted
KJV: be forgotten: the expectation of the poor
INT: be forgotten the needy the hope humble perish

Psalm 62:5
HEB: כִּי־ מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃
NAS: for God only, For my hope is from Him.
KJV: thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.
INT: for For my hope

Psalm 71:5
HEB: כִּֽי־ אַתָּ֥ה תִקְוָתִ֑י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְ֝הוִ֗ה
NAS: For You are my hope; O Lord GOD,
KJV: For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD:
INT: for You are my hope Lord GOD

Proverbs 10:28
HEB: צַדִּיקִ֣ים שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְתִקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃
NAS: is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked
KJV: [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked
INT: of the righteous is gladness the expectation of the wicked perishes

Proverbs 11:7
HEB: רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת אוֹנִ֣ים
NAS: dies, [his] expectation will perish,
KJV: dieth, [his] expectation shall perish:
INT: A wicked will perish expectation and the hope of unjust

Proverbs 11:23
HEB: אַךְ־ ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃
NAS: good, [But] the expectation of the wicked
KJV: [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked
INT: is only good the expectation of the wicked is wrath

Proverbs 19:18
HEB: כִּי־ יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְאֶל־ הֲ֝מִית֗וֹ
NAS: there is hope, And do not desire
KJV: while there is hope, and let not thy soul
INT: while there is hope about his death

Proverbs 23:18
HEB: יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃
NAS: is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
KJV: an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
INT: there future and your hope not will not be cut

Proverbs 24:14
HEB: וְיֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃
NAS: will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
KJV: a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
INT: there future and your hope not will not be cut

34 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8615
34 Occurrences


hat·tiq·wāh — 1 Occ.
ṯiq·wāh — 12 Occ.
tiq·waṯ — 5 Occ.
tiq·wā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
tiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ṯiq·wā·ṯê·nū — 1 Occ.
ṯiq·wā·ṯî — 4 Occ.
wə·ṯiq·wāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ṯiq·waṯ — 3 Occ.
wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯām — 1 Occ.
wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯî — 2 Occ.
















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