חָכָה
KJV Translations of H2442
long, tarry, wait.
Word Origin & Derivation
a primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 (חָקָה) through the idea of piercing);
H2442 in the King James Bible
13 versesBlessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.