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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

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First occurrence: Exodus 21:13

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Isaiah 60:9
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:9 · retained source text

Surely the yles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sonnes from farre, their siluer and their gold with them, vnto the Name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

1611 marginal noteGal. 4.26

Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:26 · retained source text

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men.

1611 marginal noteOr, they pry as foulers lie in waite.

Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 9:8 · retained source text

Their tongue is as an arrowe shot out, it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his waite.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the middest of him.

1611 marginal noteOr, waite for him.

1611 marginal notePsal.120.4

1611 marginal notePsal. 12.2. and 28.3.

1611 marginal notePsa. 12.3. and 28.3.

Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:22 · retained source text

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause raine? or can the heauens giue showres, Art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:25 · retained source text

The LORD is good vnto them that waite for him, to the soule that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:26 · retained source text

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the LORD.

Lamentations 4:19
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:19 · retained source text

Our persecutours are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, they laide waite for vs in the wildernesse.

Hosea 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 6:9 · retained source text

And as troupes of robbers waite for a man, so the company of priestes murther in the way by consent: for they commit lewdnesse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. with one shoulder. Or, to Sichem.

1611 marginal noteOr, enormitie.

Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 7:6 · retained source text

For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night, in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

1611 marginal noteOr, applied.

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