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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 21:13

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Micah 7:2
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 7:2 · retained source text

The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none vpright among men: they all lie in waite for blood: they hunt euery man his brother with a net.

1611 marginal noteOr, godly, or mercifull.

1611 marginal notePsal.12.3. isai.57.1.

Micah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 7:7 · retained source text

Therefore I will looke vnto you the LORD: I will waite for the God of my saluation: my God will heare me.

Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:3 · retained source text

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tary, wait for it, because it will surely come, it wil not tary.

1611 marginal noteHebr.10.37.

Zephaniah 3:8
¶ 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.

Luke 11:54
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 11:54 · retained source text

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke 12:36
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:36 · retained source text

And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their Lord, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediately.

Acts 1:4
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 1:4 · retained source text

And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Hierusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye haue heard of me.

1611 marginal noteOr, eating together with them.

1611 marginal noteLuke 24.49.

Acts 20:3
And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 20:3 · retained source text

And there abode three moneths: and when the Iewes layed waite for him, as hee was about to saile into Syria, hee purposed to returne thorow Macedonia.

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