Strong's #3176: yachal (pronounced yaw-chal')

a primitive root; to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope:--(cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

yâchal

1) to wait, hope, expect

1a) (Niphal) to wait

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to wait, await, tarry

1b2) to wait for, hope for

1c) (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root

Usage:

This word is used 41 times:

 

Genesis 8:12: " And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;"
1 Samuel 10:8: "of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show"
1 Samuel 13:8: " And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came"
2 Samuel 18:14: "Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three"
2 Kings 6:33: "is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?"
Job 6:11: "is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong"
Job 13:15: "he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before"
Job 14:14: "again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come."
Job 29:21: " and waited, and kept silence at my counsel."
Job 29:23: " And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain."
Job 30:26: "good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness."
Job 32:11: " I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out"
Job 32:16: " When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no"
Psalms 31:24: "and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD."
Psalms 33:18: "of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;"
Psalms 33:22: "be upon us, according as we hope"
Psalms 38:15: "in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God."
Psalms 42:5: "O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise"
Psalms 42:11: "and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise"
Psalms 43:5: "and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise"
Psalms 69:3: "is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."
Psalms 71:14: " will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more."
Psalms 119:43: "utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments."
Psalms 119:49: "unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope."
Psalms 119:74: "thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word."
Psalms 119:81: "fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word."
Psalms 119:114: "art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word."
Psalms 119:147: "the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word."
Psalms 130:5: "my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope."
Psalms 130:7: " hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy,"
Psalms 131:3: " hope in the LORD from henceforth and forever."
Psalms 147:11: "them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy."
Isaiah 42:4: "judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law."
Isaiah 51:5: "upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust."
Jeremiah 4:19: "my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot"
Lamentations 3:21: "to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:24: "saith my soul; therefore will I hope"
Ezekiel 13:6: "and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word."
Ezekiel 19:5: "that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps,"
Micah 5:7: "tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men."
Micah 7:7: "will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear"