'Waited' in the Bible

So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.

They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead.

Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him.

When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David’s name; then they waited.

So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they served in their office according to their order.

These are those who served with their sons: From the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

“To me they listened and waited,And kept silent for my counsel.

“They waited for me as for the rain,And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

“When I expected good, then evil came;When I waited for light, then darkness came.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

“Behold, I waited for your words,I listened to your reasonings,While you pondered what to say.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.I waited patiently for the Lord;And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

They attack, they lurk,They watch my steps,As they have waited to take my life.

And it will be said in that day,“Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Lord,We have waited for You eagerly;Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.Be their strength every morning,Our salvation also in the time of distress.

We waited for peace, but no good came;For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Have You completely rejected Judah?Or have You loathed Zion?Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing?We waited for peace, but nothing good came;And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

All your enemiesHave opened their mouths wide against you;They hiss and gnash their teeth.They say, “We have swallowed her up!Surely this is the day for which we waited;We have reached it, we have seen it.”

Our pursuers were swifterThan the eagles of the sky;They chased us on the mountains,They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

‘When she saw, as she waited,That her hope was lost,She took another of her cubsAnd made him a young lion.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him.

And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them.

And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and waited on them.

But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.