WAIT, WAITING

HEBREW:

dumiyyah

=

silence

 

damam

=

to be silent, cease, stand still

 

dumam

=

silently

 

chakah

=

to wait earnestly

 

chul, chil

=

to stay, stay self

 

yachal

=

with with hope

 

amad

=

to stand still or fast

 

gavah

=

to wait, expect, look for, hope

 

sabar

=

to hope, wait, look for

 

shamar

=

to observe, watch, take heed

1.

Psalms 25:3

“Let none that wait on(gavah) thee be ashamed:”

2.

Psalms 27:14

Wait on(gavah) the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait(gavah), I say, on the Lord.”

3.

Psalms 33:20

“Our soul waiteth for(chakah) the Lord: he is our help and our shield.”

4.

Psalms 37:9

“Those that wait upon(gavah) the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.”

5.

Psalms 37:34

Wait on(gavah)the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land:”

6.

Psalms 40:1

“I waitedkavah) patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.”

7.

Psalms 52:9

“I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on(gavah) they name; for it is good before the saints.”

8.

Psalms 59:9

“Because of his(heathen)strength will I wait upon(shamar) thee: for God is my defense.”

9.

Psalms 62:1

“Truly my soul waiteth upon(dumiyyah) God:”

10.

Psalms 62:5

“My soul, wait(damam) thou only upon God: for my expectation is from him.”

11.

Psalms 69:3

“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for(yachal) my God.”

12.

Psalms 130:5

“I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait(gavah), and in his word do I hope.”

13.

Proverbs 20:22

Wait on(gavah) the Lord, and he shall save thee.”

14.

Lamentations 3:25

“The Lord is good unto them that wait for(gavah) him, to the soul that seeketh him.”

15.

Isaiah 8:17

“I will wait upon(chakah) the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”

16.

Isaiah 25:9

“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for(gavah) him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for(gavah) him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

17.

Isaiah 30:18

“Blessed are all they that wait for(chakoh) Him.”

18.

Isaiah 64:4

“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beise thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for(chakah) him.”

19.

Jeremiah 14:22

“Art not thou he, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait upon(gavah) thee: for thou hast made all these things.”

20.

Daniel 12:12

“Blessed is he that waiteth(chakah).

21.

Micah 7:7

“Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for(yachal) the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”

22.

Habakkuk 4:3

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for chakah)it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

23.

Zephaniah 3:8

“Therefore wait(chakah) ye upon me, saith the Lord.”

GREEK:

apokaradokia

=

to wait long for, expect earnestly, to watch with neck outstreached

 

anameno

=

to remain up

 

perimeno

=

to remain around

 

prosdecho

=

to wait on or towards

 

prosdokao

=

to look to or toward

 

proskartero

=

to persevere on

1.

Mark 15:43

“Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, which also waited for(prosdecho) the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”

2.

Luke 2:25

“And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for(prosdecho) the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.”

3.

Acts 1:4

“And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for(perimeno) the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.”

4.

Acts 10:24

“And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea.  And Cornelius waited for(prosdokao) them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.”

5.

Romans 8:25

“But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait(apokaradokia) for it.”

6.

I Corinthians 1:7

Waiting for(apokaradokia)the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

7.

Galatians 5:5

“For we through the Spirit wait for(apokaradokia) the hope of righteousness by faith.”

8.

I Thessalonians 1:10

“And to wait(anameno) for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”

 


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