תִּקְוָה

tiqvah

teek-VAH

hope, expectation — and a cord

Where it comes from

From the same root as qavah. A tiqvah is a cord, and it is the word for hope. It is the scarlet thread Rahab hangs from her window. Hope in Hebrew is something you tie to a fixed point and hold, not a feeling you generate.

Every place it appears

Strong's H8615. It stands in 33 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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