Gematria of Hope
15 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “hope” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 413 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.
- Hebrew equivalents
- 15
- Occurrences
- 413
- Distinct values
- 13
The 15 Hebrew words rendered “hope”
The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
First appearance ·Deuteronomy 28:52דברים כח:נבבֹּטֵחַ
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
First appearance ·Genesis 8:10בראשית ח:יוַיָּחֶל
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
First appearance ·Genesis 34:25בראשית לד:כהבֶּטַח
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
First appearance ·Genesis 8:12בראשית ח:יבוַיִּיָּחֶל
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
First appearance ·Joshua 2:18יהושע ב:יחתִּקְוַת
a shelter (literally or figuratively)
First appearance ·Isaiah 4:6ישעיהו ד:ווּלְמַחְסֶה
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
First appearance ·Isaiah 32:18ישעיהו לב:יחמִבְטַחִים
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust
First appearance ·Leviticus 3:4ויקרא ג:דהַכְּסָלִים
something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
First appearance ·Genesis 1:10בראשית א:יוּלְמִקְוֵה
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
First appearance ·Isaiah 38:18ישעיהו לח:יחיְשַׂבְּרוּ
expectation
First appearance ·Psalms 39:8תהלים לט:חתּוֹחַלְתִּי
trust
First appearance ·2 Kings 18:19מלכים ב יח:יטהַבִּטָּחוֹן
expectation
First appearance ·Psalms 119:116תהלים קיט:קטזמִשִּׂבְרִֽי
to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide in
First appearance ·Deuteronomy 32:37דברים לב:לזחָסָיוּ
The values on this page
Quick answers
What is the gematria of hope?
The Tanakh renders “hope” with 15 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: בטח = 19, חול = 44, יחל = 48, and 11 more.
How do you say hope in Hebrew?
The Tanakh uses 15 Hebrew words for “hope”; the most frequent are בטח (bâṭach), 162 times; חול (chûwl), 60 times; יחל (yâchal), 40 times. Every one is listed on this page.
The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.