Lexical Definition

‎מַבָּט‎ mabbâṭ (mab-bawt') expectation ^H:N-M
or מֶבָּט mebbâṭ (meb-bawt'); from ‎נָבַט‎

expectation.

• something expected, i.e. (abstractly) expectation

1) expectation, object of hope or confidence

See Greek: ἐλπίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַבָּט‎] noun masculine^{Zech 9:5} expectation = object of hope or confidence (literally thing looked to); — suffix ‎מַבָּטֵנוּ‎ Isa 20:6, ‎מַבָּטָם‎ vIsa 20:5, ‎מֶבָּטָהּ‎ Zech 9:5 — of Cush as ally of Judah Isa 20:5; Isa 20:6 of Tyre as ally of l'hilistia Zech 9:5.

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