קָוָה
qâvâh · kaw-vaw'
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
- to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect
- (figuratively) to expect
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָוָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wait3 · 10%
- when i looked2 · 7%
- we have waited2 · 7%
- shall wait2 · 7%
- be gathered together1 · 3%
- i have waited for1 · 3%
- let it look1 · 3%
- waited1 · 3%
- looketh1 · 3%
- if i wait1 · 3%
- yea, let none that wait1 · 3%
- on thee do i wait1 · 3%
- me; for i wait1 · 3%
- but those that wait1 · 3%
- what wait1 · 3%
- i waited1 · 3%
- patiently1 · 3%
- it: and i will wait1 · 3%
- when they wait1 · 3%
- let not them that wait1 · 3%
- and i looked1 · 3%
- have waited1 · 3%
- i wait1 · 3%
- doth wait1 · 3%
- but wait on1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.