# חָכָה (chakhah)

Israeli respelling: cha-khah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2442. 13 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to adhere to; hence, to await

King James renderings: long, tarry, wait.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chakhah-h2442

## Occurrences

- [2 Kings 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/9) — 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…
- [2 Kings 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/3) — 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,…
- [Job 3:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/21) — Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
- [Job 32:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/4) — Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
- [Psalms 33:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/33/20) — Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
- [Psalms 106:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/13) — They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- [Isaiah 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/17) — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- [Isaiah 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/18) — 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…
- [Isaiah 64:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, beside thee, what he h…
- [Daniel 12:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/12) — Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
- [Hosea 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/6/9) — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- [Habakkuk 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/3) — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will sure…
- [Zephaniah 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/3/8) — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I…