chacha · wait, wait for

What it means

chacha (חָכָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wait, wait for”.

To wait, to wait for something to happen or for someone to act (2 Kings 7:9). In the Psalms and in Isaiah it is also used for waiting on God with trust (Isaiah 30:18).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To hold on with trust, above all for God.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wait ×9
• waits ×2
• had waited for ×1
• one who awaits ×1
• waiting ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×2
• Job×2
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×4
• Daniel×1
• Hosea×1
• Habakkuk×1
• Zephaniah×1

• 2 Kings 7:9

  They said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent. If we wait until the light of morning, guilt will find us. Now come, let us go and tell the house of the king.”

• 2 Kings 9:3

  Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says YHWH, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee, and do not wait.”

• Job 3:21

  to those who wait for death and it is not there, and who dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

• Job 32:4

  Now Elihu had waited for Job with his words, because they were older than he in days.

• Psalms 33:20

  Our soul is waiting for YHWH; our help and our shield is he.

• Psalms 106:13

  Quickly they forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

• Isaiah 8:17

  And I will wait for YHWH, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

• Isaiah 30:18

  And therefore YHWH waits to show you favor, and therefore he rises up to have compassion on you; for an Elohim of justice is YHWH; happy are all who wait for him.

• Isaiah 64:4

  And from of old they have not heard, they have not listened; no eye has seen an Elohim besides you who acts for the one who awaits him.

• Daniel 12:12

  Happy is the one who waits and reaches the thousand three hundred thirty and five days.

• Hosea 6:9

  And as bands of raiders lie in wait for a man, so is the company of priests; on the road they murder toward Shechem, for they commit infamy.

• Habakkuk 2:3

  For the vision is yet for the appointed time; and it hastens toward the end, and it will not lie. If it delays, wait for it, for it will surely come; it will not be late.

• Zephaniah 3:8

  Therefore wait for me, declares YHWH, for the day when I rise up for the plunder; for my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them my indignation, all the burning of my anger; for by the fire of my jealousy all the earth will be devoured.

And 1 more times.