H8615b H8615b
hope, expectation — confident anticipation of a future outcome, whether grounded in God or in human aspiration
Tiqvah (II) is the standard Hebrew noun for hope, appearing 32 times across wisdom, prophetic, and narrative literature. In Job, the word becomes a sustained meditation on whether hope can survive catastrophe: the righteous cling to it (Job 5:16), but the godless see theirs perish like a spider's web (Job 8:13), and Job himself asks whether anyone can see his hope at all (Job 17:15). Proverbs treats hope as the dividing line between the wise and the foolish — the expectation of the righteous yields gladness, but that of the wicked perishes (Prov 10:28; 11:7). Jeremiah's oracle of restoration — 'there is hope for your future' (Jer 31:17) — deploys the word at its most consoling, while Hosea transforms the Valley of Achor into a 'door of hope' (Hos 2:17). Cross-linguistic glosses converge: Spanish 'esperanza,' French 'esperance,' German 'Hoffnung.'
Senses
1. hope, expectation — Confident anticipation or expectation directed toward a future outcome, spanning theological trust in God and everyday human aspiration. In wisdom literature, hope separates the righteous from the wicked (Prov 10:28; 11:7; Job 8:13). Jeremiah promises 'hope for your future' to exiled mothers (Jer 31:17), and Hosea names the Valley of Achor a 'door of hope' (Hos 2:17). Lamentations 3:29 urges hope even in suffering. 32×
AR["رَجاءٌ", "رَجاءٍ", "رَجاءُ", "رَجائي", "رَجَاءٌ", "رَجَائِي", "وَ-رَجَاءَ", "وَ-رَجَاءُ", "وَرَجاءُ"]·ben["আমার-আশা", "আমার-প্রত্যাশা", "আমার-প্রত্যাশা।", "আশা", "আশার", "এবং-আশা", "এবং-প্রত্যাশা", "ও-আশা", "প্রত্যাশা"]·DE["Hoffnung", "[תקוה]", "ist-mein-hoffen", "sind-mein-hoffen", "und-Hoffnung"]·EN["and-hope-of", "are-my-hope", "but-the-expectation-of", "hope", "hope-of", "is-my-hope", "my-hope"]·FR["[תקוה]", "espérance", "et-espérance", "mon-espérance-moi"]·heb["ו-תקוות", "תקווה", "תקוות", "תקוותי"]·HI["आशा", "और-आशा", "मेरी-आशा", "मेरी-आशा-है"]·ID["dan-pengharapan", "harapan", "harapanku", "pengharapan", "pengharapanku", "tetapi-harapan"]·IT["[תקוה]", "e-speranza", "speranza", "speranza-mio", "sperare"]·jav["lan-pangajeng-ajeng", "lan-pangarep-arep-saking", "pangajeng-ajeng", "pangajeng-ajeng-ipun", "pangajeng-ajeng-kawula", "pangarep-arep", "pengajeng-ajeng-kawula"]·KO["그러나-소망-은", "그리고-소망이", "그리고-희망을", "나-의-소망", "나-의-소망-이", "나의-희망을", "나의-희망이", "소망-의", "소망-이", "소망의", "소망이", "소망이-있다", "희망이"]·PT["e-esperança-de", "esperança", "minha-esperança", "é-a-esperança"]·RU["а-упование", "и-надежда", "и-надежду", "надежда", "надежда-моя", "надежду-мою", "надежды"]·ES["esperanza", "esperanza-de", "esperanza.", "esperanza;", "mi-esperanza", "mi-esperanza.", "más-esperanza", "y-esperanza-de", "y-la-esperanza-de", "y-la-esperanza-del"]·SW["lakini-tumaini-la", "na-tumaini-la", "tumaini", "tumaini-la", "tumaini-langu"]·TR["umudu", "umudum", "umudumu", "umudun", "umut", "ve-umudu", "ve-umudunu"]·urd["امید", "اور-امید", "اور-توقع", "اُمید", "اُمید-میری", "اُمید-کے", "میری-امید"]
Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. תִּקְוָה34 n.f. hope;—abs. ת׳ Ho 2:17 +; cstr. תִּקְוַת Jb 8:13 +; sf. תִּקְוָתִי 6:8 +, etc.;— 1. hope, Je 31:17; La 3:29; Jb 5:16; 7:6; 11:18, 20; 14:7, 19; 17:15a; 19:10; ψ 62:6; Pr 19:18; 26:12; 29:20; Ru 1:12; פֶּתַח ת׳ Ho 2:17; אֲסִירֵי הַתּ׳ Zc 9:12 (i.e. with hope of deliverance). 2. = ground of hope Jb 4:6 ψ 71:5 (cf. 62:6). 3. things hoped for, outcome, Ez 19:5; 37:11; Jb 6:8;…