Words the Bible translates as wait
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥulחוּלto wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
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- to writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
- to bring forth: to give birth, or to be born, the labor-writhing carried through to the child it produces
- to dance: to whirl in a circling festal dance
- qavahקָוָהto wait, to hope, to look expectantly for someone or something: a tense, leaning-forward expectation, most often directed toward God.
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- to be gathered together, to collect into one place: said of waters drawn together, and of peoples drawn together to a center.
- yaḥalיָחַלto wait, to tarry: to let a set stretch of time pass before acting
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- to wait expectantly, to hope: to lean toward a future you are confident is coming, most often toward God
- damamדָּמַםto fall still: to cease speaking or moving, and so to grow silent, stand motionless, or be brought to an end
- ḥakhahחָכָהto wait: to hold still in expectation, counting on someone or something to come or to act
- mahahמָהַהּto hold back: to linger, hesitate, or be slow in coming when it was time to move
- savarשָׂבַרto look expectantly for what has not yet come: to fix your hope on it, whether or not it arrives
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- to look something over closely: to go along examining what condition it is in
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