KJV dictionary & concordance

wait

Meaning of “wait”

Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

106 occurrences101 verses28 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 21:13

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Zephaniah 3:8

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¶ Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:8 · retained source text

¶ Therefore waite ye vpon mee, sayth the LORD, vntill the day that I rise vp to the pray: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdomes to powre vpon them mine indignation, euen all my fierce anger: for all the earth shalbe deuoured with the fire of my iealousie.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.18.

Complete reference index — all 101 verses

Exodus 21:13 Numbers 3:10 Numbers 8:24 Numbers 35:20 Numbers 35:22 Deuteronomy 19:11 Joshua 8:4 Joshua 8:13 Judges 9:25 Judges 9:32 Judges 9:34 Judges 9:35 Judges 9:43 Judges 16:2 Judges 16:9 Judges 16:12 Judges 20:29 Judges 20:33 Judges 20:36 Judges 20:37 Judges 20:38 Judges 21:20 1 Samuel 15:2 1 Samuel 15:5 1 Samuel 22:8 1 Samuel 22:13 2 Kings 6:33 1 Chronicles 23:28 2 Chronicles 5:11 2 Chronicles 13:10 Ezra 8:31 Job 14:14 Job 17:13 Job 31:9 Job 38:40 Psalms 10:9 Psalms 25:3 Psalms 25:5 Psalms 25:21 Psalms 27:14 Psalms 37:7 Psalms 37:9 Psalms 37:34 Psalms 39:7 Psalms 52:9 Psalms 56:6 Psalms 59:3 Psalms 59:9 Psalms 62:5 Psalms 69:3 Psalms 69:6 Psalms 71:10 Psalms 104:27 Psalms 123:2 Psalms 130:5 Psalms 145:15 Proverbs 1:11 Proverbs 1:18 Proverbs 7:12 Proverbs 12:6 Proverbs 20:22 Proverbs 23:28 Proverbs 24:15 Isaiah 8:17 Isaiah 30:18 Isaiah 40:31 Isaiah 42:4 Isaiah 49:23 Isaiah 51:5 Isaiah 59:9 Isaiah 60:9 Jeremiah 5:26 Jeremiah 9:8 Jeremiah 14:22 Lamentations 3:10 Lamentations 3:25 Lamentations 3:26 Lamentations 4:19 Hosea 6:9 Hosea 7:6 Hosea 12:6 Micah 7:2 Micah 7:7 Habakkuk 2:3 Zephaniah 3:8 Mark 3:9 Luke 11:54 Luke 12:36 Acts 1:4 Acts 20:3 Acts 20:19 Acts 23:16 Acts 23:21 Acts 23:30 Acts 25:3 Romans 8:25 Romans 12:7 1 Corinthians 9:13 Galatians 5:5 Ephesians 4:14 1 Thessalonians 1:10

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Exodus 21:13 Judges 16:9 2 Chronicles 13:10 Psalms 39:7 Proverbs 1:18 Jeremiah 5:26 Luke 11:54 1 Thessalonians 1:10

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Skeat 1893

Open source edition ↗

an ambush.

printed p. 280; PDF p. 300; Internet Archive leaf n299