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Proverbs 10:28
“The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
תּוֹחֶלֶתtôwcheleth · to-kheh'-leth
H8431 · Hebrew
H8431 · Hebrew
- Definition
- expectation
- Derivation
- from H3176 (יָחַל);
- KJV renderings
- hope.
- Grammar
- תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 41:1Psalms 39:8Proverbs 11:7Proverbs 13:12Lamentations 3:18
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תּוֹחֶלֶת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.