7 occurrences
'Wait' in the Bible
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
προσκαρτερέω
Proskartereo
Proskartereo
continue , continue instant , continue steadfastly , attend continually , give self continually , wait on , wait on continually
Usage: 10
דּמם
Damam
Damam
silence , still , silent , cut off , cut down , rest , cease , forbear , peace , quieted , tarry , wait
Usage: 30
עמד
`amad
`amad
stood , stand , up , set , stay , still , appointed , standing , endure , remain , present , continue , withstand , waited , establish ,
Usage: 521
צפה
Tsaphah
Tsaphah
Usage: 36
שׁמר
Shamar
Shamar
keep , observe , heed , keeper , preserve , beware , mark , watchman , wait , watch , regard , save ,
Usage: 468
προσδέχομαι
Prosdechomai
Prosdechomai
Usage: 13
προσδοκάω
Prosdokao
Prosdokao
Usage: 14