Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)
from קָוָה; literally, a cord (as an attachment (compare קָוה)); figuratively, expectancy: expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.the same as תִּקְוָה; Tikvah, the name of two Israelites: Tikvah.
