- Original: יחל - Transliteration: Yachal - Phonetic: yaw-chal' - Definition: 1. to wait, hope, expect a. (Niphal) to wait b. (Piel) 1. to wait, await, tarry 2. to wait for, hope for c. (Hiphil) to wait, tarry, wait for, hope for - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 859 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to wait; by implication to be patient hope: - (cause to have make to) hope be pained stay tarry trust wait. Total KJV Occurrences: 41 • hope, 19 Job 6:11; Psalm 31:24; Psalm 33:18; Psalm 33:22; Psalm 38:15; Psalm 42:5; Psalm 42:11; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 71:14; Psalm 119:49; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 119:114; Psalm 130:5; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 131:3; Psalm 147:11; Lamentations 3:21; Lamentations 3:24; Ezekiel 13:6 • hoped, 3 Psalm 119:43; Psalm 119:74; Psalm 119:147 • pained, 1 Jeremiah 4:19 • stayed, 1 Genesis 8:12 • tarried, 1 1 Samuel 13:8 • tarry, 2 1 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 18:14 • trust, 2 Job 13:15; Isaiah 51:5 • wait, 5 2 Kings 6:33; Job 14:14; Psalm 69:3; Isaiah 42:4; Micah 7:7 • waited, 6 Job 29:21; Job 29:23; Job 30:26; Job 32:11; Job 32:16; Ezekiel 19:5 • waiteth, 1 Micah 5:7