KJV dictionary & concordance
Third-person singular present form of wait. Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 24:15
Complete exact-word concordance
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
1611 marginal noteHebr setteth his face in secret.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
Our soule waiteth for the LORD: he is our helpe, and our shield.
TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
¶ Truely my soule waiteth vpon God: from him commeth my saluation.
PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
¶ Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and vnto thee shall the vowe be performed.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
My soule waiteth for the LORD, more then they that watch for the morning: I say, more then they that watch for the morning.
1611 marginal noteOr, which watch vnto the morning.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Whoso keepeth the figtree, shall eate the fruit therof: so he that waiteth on his master, shall be honoured.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
For since the beginning of the world men haue not heard, nor perceiued by the eare, neither hath the eye seene, O God, besides thee, what hee hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
1611 marginal noteOr, seene a God besides thee which doeth so for him, &c.
1611 marginal note1.Cor. 2.9. psal. 31.20.
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Blessed is he that waiteth, and commeth to the thousand, three hundred and fiue and thirtie dayes.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
And the remnant of Iacob shall be in the midst of many people, as a dew from the LORD, as the showres vpon the grasse that tarieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sonnes of men.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
For the earnest expectation of the creature, waiteth for the manifestation of the sonnes of God.
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