1) to wait, wait for, await 1a) (Qal) to wait for 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, tarry 1b2) to wait (in ambush) 1b3) to wait for, long for Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root [apparently akin to H2707 through the idea of piercing] Same Word by TWOT Number: 645
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[חָכָה] verbwait, await —
QalParticiple pl construct חוֺכֵיIsaiah 30:18; with לְwaiting for him (׳י).
1wait, tarry, absolute 2 Kings 9:3tarry not; with עַד till morning light 2 Kings 7:9; with accusative את איובבדבריםJob 32:4tarry for Job with words.
2wait (in ambush), כְּחַכֵּי אִישׁ גְּדוּדִיםHosea 6:9as marauding bands wait for a man AV RV De, or as marauders lie in wait Hi Ew (taking אישׁ as construct)
1); absolute waiteth (and cometh to the days of blessedness) Daniel 12:12.
חַכָּה
see below חנך.
חכל (√of following; compare Arabic IV. be confused, vague; barbarousness, or impediment in speech; Assyrian akâlu, be gloomy, êklu, dark, eklitu, darkness, Dl in ZimBp 115, w. 385 ff., compare JägerBAS ii, 282).
2 Kings 7:9 HEB:וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ מַחְשִׁ֗ים וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ עַד־ א֥וֹר NAS: but we are keeping silent; if we wait until KJV: and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning INT: we are keeping wait until light
2 Kings 9:3 HEB:וְנַ֖סְתָּה וְלֹ֥א תְחַכֶּֽה׃ NAS: the door and flee and do not wait. KJV: the door, and flee, and tarry not. INT: and flee not wait
Job 3:21 HEB: הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ NAS:Who long for death, but there is none, KJV:Which long for death, INT:long death there
Job 32:4 HEB: וֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּ חִכָּ֣ה אֶת־ אִ֭יּוֹב NAS: Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job KJV: Now Elihu had waited till Job INT: now Elihu had waited to Job to speak
Psalm 33:20 HEB: נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּ חִכְּתָ֣ה לַֽיהוָ֑ה עֶזְרֵ֖נוּ NAS: Our soul waits for the LORD; KJV: Our soul waiteth for the LORD: INT: our soul waits the LORD is our help
Psalm 106:13 HEB:מַעֲשָׂ֑יו לֹֽא־ חִ֝כּ֗וּ לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃ NAS: His works; They did not wait for His counsel, KJV: his works; they waited not for his counsel: INT: his works did not wait his counsel
Isaiah 8:17 HEB: וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙ לַיהוָ֔ה הַמַּסְתִּ֥יר NAS:And I will wait for the LORD KJV:And I will wait upon the LORD, INT:will wait the LORD is hiding
Isaiah 30:18 HEB: וְלָכֵ֞ן יְחַכֶּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔ם NAS: the LORD longs to be gracious KJV: And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious INT: Therefore longs the LORD to be gracious
Isaiah 30:18 HEB:אַשְׁרֵ֖י כָּל־ ח֥וֹכֵי לֽוֹ׃ ס NAS: are all those who long for Him. KJV: blessed [are] all they that wait for him. INT: blessed are all long
Isaiah 64:4 HEB:זוּלָ֣תְךָ֔ יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לִמְחַכֵּה־ לֽוֹ׃ NAS: You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. KJV: thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. INT: besides acts waits
Daniel 12:12 HEB: אַשְׁרֵ֥י הַֽמְחַכֶּ֖ה וְיַגִּ֑יעַ לְיָמִ֕ים NAS: How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains KJV: Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh INT: Blessed waiteth and cometh days
Hosea 6:9 HEB: וּכְחַכֵּ֨י אִ֜ישׁ גְּדוּדִ֗ים NAS: And as raiders wait for a man, KJV: And as troops of robbers wait for a man, INT:wait A man raiders
Habakkuk 2:3 HEB:אִם־ יִתְמַהְמָהּ֙ חַכֵּה־ ל֔וֹ כִּֽי־ NAS: it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly KJV: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely INT: Though tarries wait for will certainly
Zephaniah 3:8 HEB: לָכֵ֤ן חַכּוּ־ לִי֙ נְאֻם־ NAS: Therefore wait for Me, declares KJV:Therefore wait ye upon me, saith INT: Therefore wait declares the LORD
IV. be confused, vague; 
barbarousness, or impediment in speech; Assyrian akâlu, be gloomy, êklu, dark, eklitu, darkness, Dl in ZimBp 115, w. 385 ff., compare JägerBAS ii, 282).