תּוֹחֶלֶת
tôwcheleth · H8431 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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hope
Literally: waiting; hence: state in which humans are confident that their longing will be fulfilled
ExamplesJob 41:9 “Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be hurled down even at the sight of him?
Psalm 39:7 “And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked perishes.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- יmy 2
- אוֹןstrength 1
- צַדִּיקrighteous, just, right 1
- הוּhis 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָשַׁךְto draw, to pull, to prolong 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- חָלָהto be sick, to be weak 1
- כָּזַבto lie 1
- אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שִׂמְחָהjoy 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מִבְטָח mibṭâch · H4009 · confidence, trust, secure
- The second word is a noun denoting trust or assurance in which one places hope; it overlaps with תּוֹחֶלֶת as both express confident expectation, though מִבְטָח emphasizes the object of trust rather than the affective state of hoping.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐλπίς elpís · G1680 · to hope, to hope for, hope
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew תּוֹחֶלֶת, the primary noun for 'hope' in the NT corresponding to the Hebrew noun for hope in the OT.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Confident002001002003
- This noun denotes an expectation or hope, as in Job 41:9's warning that one's hope of overcoming Leviathan proves false.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8431. tocheleth תּוֺחֶ֫לֶת noun feminine hope, absolute ׳ת Pro 13:12; construct id. Pro…
תּוֺחֶ֫לֶת noun feminine hope, absolute ׳ת Pro 13:12; construct id. Pro 10:28; Pro 11:7; suffix תּוֺחַלְתִּי Psa 39:8; Lam 3:18; תֹּחַלְתּוֺ Job 41:1; — hope, followed by subject Genitive Job 41:1; Pro 10:28; Pro 11:7; Lam 3:18; followed by subject Genitive + לְ Psa 39:8 (לְךָ תּוֺחַלְתִּי); alone Pro 13:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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