יָחַל (ya.chal) means “to wait: wait” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-chal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָחַל · ya.chal · to wait: wait
: wait[for_time] 1) to wait, hope, expect 1a) (Niphal) to wait 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, await, tarry 1b2) to wait for, hope for 1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for Also means: ya.chal (יָחַל ": hope" H3176H)
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יָחַל · ya.chal · to wait: hope
: hope/trust 1) to wait, hope, expect 1a) (Niphal) to wait 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, await, tarry 1b2) to wait for, hope for 1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for
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a primitive root; to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
KJV glosses: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| put your hope | 5 |
| i put my hope | 2 |
| i wait | 2 |
| i will wait | 2 |
| and noah waited | 1 |
| and saul waited | 1 |
| and wait in hope | 1 |
| going to wait | 1 |
| hope | 1 |
| i have hope | 1 |
| i have hoped | 1 |
| i have put my hope | 1 |
| i hope | 1 |
| i should still hope | 1 |
| i waited | 1 |
| i will hope | 1 |
| i will hope in him | 1 |
| linger | 1 |
| looking | 1 |
| must i wait | 1 |
| on those whose hope | 1 |
| she had waited in vain | 1 |
| should i wait | 1 |
| they waited | 1 |
| wait | 1 |
| we put our hope | 1 |
| when i looked | 1 |
| who hope | 1 |
| will put their hope | 1 |
| with expectation | 1 |
| yet they wait | 1 |
| you have given me hope | 1 |
| you who hope | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| do i hope | 2 |
| hope | 2 |
| i hope | 2 |
| within me hope | 2 |
| all ye that hope | 1 |
| and he stayed | 1 |
| and he tarried | 1 |
| and they waited | 1 |
| and waited | 1 |
| and when i waited | 1 |
| be upon us according as we hope | 1 |
| behold i waited | 1 |
| but i will hope | 1 |
| for i have hoped | 1 |
| him in those that hope | 1 |
| him upon them that hope | 1 |
| i am pained | 1 |
| i hoped | 1 |
| i may not tarry | 1 |
| i will wait | 1 |
| in me hope | 1 |
| me because i have hoped | 1 |
| me yet will i trust | 1 |
| nor waiteth | 1 |
| shall they trust | 1 |
| shall wait | 1 |
| shalt thou tarry | 1 |
| that i should hope | 1 |
| that she had waited | 1 |
| therefore have i hope | 1 |
| therefore will i hope | 1 |
| to hope | 1 |
| upon which thou hast caused me to hope | 1 |
| what should i wait | 1 |
| when i had waited | 1 |
| while i wait | 1 |
| will i wait | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 41 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
Read word by wordAnd you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
Read word by wordAnd Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
Read word by wordBut Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
Read word by wordWhile Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Read word by wordWhat strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Read word by wordThough He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Read word by wordWhen a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
Read word by wordMen listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
Read word by wordThey waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
Read word by wordBut when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Read word by wordIndeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
Read word by wordMust I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
Read word by wordBe strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.25
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Read word by wordMay Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
Read word by wordI wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.16
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.6
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.12
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read word by wordI am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.4
But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
Read word by wordNever take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
Read word by wordRemember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
Read word by wordMay those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
Read word by wordMy soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Read word by wordYou are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
Read word by wordI rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Read word by wordI wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
Read word by wordO Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Read word by wordO Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.
Read word by wordThe LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
Read word by wordHe will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
Read word by wordMy righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
Read word by wordMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
Read word by wordYet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
Read word by word“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Read word by wordThey see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
Read word by wordWhen she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
Read word by wordThen the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.6
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
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