Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [
תִּקְוָה]
noun feminine cord (compare √
at the beginning); — construct
תִּקְוַת חוּט) הַשָּׁנִי Joshua 2:18,21.
II. תִּקְוָה34 noun feminine hope; — absolute ׳ת Hosea 2:17 +; construct תִּקְוַת Job 8:13 +; suffix תִּקְוָתִי Job 6:8 +, etc.; —
1 hope, Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:29; Job 5:16; Job 7:6; Job 11:18,20; Job 14:7,19; Job 17:15a Job 19:10; Psalm 62:6; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 29:20; Ruth 1:12; ׳מֶּתַח ת Hosea 2:17; ׳אֲסִירֵי הַתּ Zechariah 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance).
2 = ground of hope Job 4:6; Psalm 71:5 (compare Psalm 62:6).
3 things hoped for, outcome, Ezekiel 19:5; Ezekiel 37:11; Job 6:8; Job 8:13; Job 17:15b (but read טוֺבָתִי ᵐ5 Me Bi Siegf Beer Bu Du), Job 27:8; Psalm 9:19; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7,23; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14 (strike out Toy as gloss); ׳אַחֲרִית וְת Jeremiah 29:11 (i.e. by hendyadis, the hoped-for future).
