תִּקְוָה
tiqvâh · tik-vaw'
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6960 (קָוָה); (compare H6961 (קָוֶה))
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
- literally, a cord (as an attachment)
- figuratively, expectancy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תִּקְוָה 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hope8 · 24%
- but the expectation2 · 6%
- there is more hope2 · 6%
- of hope2 · 6%
- this line1 · 3%
- line1 · 3%
- thy hope1 · 3%
- hath hope1 · 3%
- me the thing that i long for1 · 3%
- and their hope1 · 3%
- the hope1 · 3%
- my hope1 · 3%
- as for my hope1 · 3%
- and mine hope1 · 3%
- for what is the hope1 · 3%
- the expectation1 · 3%
- for my expectation1 · 3%
- for thou art my hope1 · 3%
- his expectation1 · 3%
- and thine expectation1 · 3%
- and thy expectation1 · 3%
- you an expected1 · 3%
- and her hope1 · 3%
- and our hope1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.