Lexical Definition

‎תִּקְוָה‎ tiqvâh (tik-vaw') cord ^H:N-F
from ‎קָוָה‎; (compare ‎קָוֶה‎)

expectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

• literally a cord (as an attachment)
• figuratively, expectancy

1) cord
2) hope, expectation
2a) hope
2b) ground of hope
2c) things hoped for, outcome

See Greek: ἀγαθός · ἐλπίς · σημεῖον · συναγωγή · ὑπόστασις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎תִּקְוָה‎] noun feminine cord (compare √ at the beginning); — construct ‎תִּקְוַת ˜חוּט) הַשָּׁנִי‎ Josh 2:18; Josh 2:21.

II. ‎תִּקְוָה‎₃₄ noun feminine hope; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Hos 2:17* +; construct ‎תִּקְוַת‎ Job 8:13 +; suffix ‎תִּקְוָתִי‎ Job 6:8 +, etc.; —

1. hope, Jer 31:17; Lam 3:29; Job 5:16; Job 7:6; Job 11:18; Job 11:20; Job 14:7; Job 14:19; Job 17:15a Job 19:10; Ps 62:6*; Prov 19:18; Prov 26:12; Prov 29:20; Ruth 1:12 ‎׳‎‎פֶּתַח ת‎ Hos 2:17* ‎׳‎‎אֲסִירֵי הַתּ‎ Zech 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance).

2. = ground of hope Job 4:6; Ps 71:5 (compare Ps 62:6*).

3. things hoped for, outcome, Ezek 19:5; Ezek 37:11; Job 6:8; Job 8:13; Job 17:15b (but read ‎טוֺבָתִי‎ ᵐ5 Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), Job 27:8; Ps 9:19*; Prov 10:28; Prov 11:7; Prov 11:23; Prov 23:18; Prov 24:14 (strike out Toy as gloss); ‎׳‎‎אַחֲרִית וְת‎ Jer 29:11 (i.e. by hendyadis, the hoped-for future).

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