Strong's H2442

חָכָה

Transliteration

châkâh

Pronunciation

khaw-kaw'

Definition

properly, to adhere to; hence, to await

KJV usage

long, tarry, wait.

Derivation

a primitive root (apparently akin to H2707 (חָקָה) through the idea of piercing);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.