תִּקְוָה
tiq.vah
hope
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "tiq.vah" (H8615B) is defined as "hope." It falls within the semantic domain of Emotion & Attitude, indicating its connection to a person's emotional state. This word is used 32 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in conveying a sense of expectation or optimism. The frequency of its usage implies that "tiq.vah" is a significant concept in the Hebrew language and the biblical narrative. Its definition as "hope" suggests that it encompasses a range of meanings, from a general sense of optimism to a specific expectation of a desired outcome. The fact that it is categorized under Emotion & Attitude indicates that it is closely tied to a person's emotional state and may be influenced by their experiences and circumstances. Overall, the word "tiq.vah" is a fundamental concept in the Hebrew language and the Bible, conveying a sense of hope and optimism that is essential to human experience. Its frequent usage suggests its importance in shaping the narrative and characters of the biblical story.
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Occurrences in Scripture
32 total occurrences across the text
Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
Job 5:16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Job 6:8“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
Job 11:18You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
Job 14:7“For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
Job 17:15where then is my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?
Job 17:15where then is my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?
Job 19:10He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Psalms 62:5My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 71:5For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.
Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 23:18Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 26:12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 29:20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 31:17There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh. “Your children will come again to their own territory.
Lamentations 3:29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
Ezekiel 19:5“ ‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
Hosea 2:15I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Zechariah 9:12Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
Job 14:19The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
Ruth 1:12Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons,