קָוָה

qâvâh

kaw-vaw'

to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect

Root a primitive root;

King James renders it gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

Strong's H6960

Written up qavah - the word, said aloud, and where it comes from

45 verses - first 25 shown

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Job 3:9

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Job 6:19

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

Job 7:2

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

Job 17:13

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Psalms 25:3

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Psalms 25:5

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Psalms 27:14

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalms 37:9

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Psalms 37:34

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Psalms 39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Psalms 40:2

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Psalms 52:11

Psalms 56:7

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Psalms 69:7

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Psalms 69:21

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalms 119:95

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

Psalms 130:5

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Isaiah 5:2

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 5:4

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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