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Lexicon :: Strong's H4599 - maʿyān

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מַעְיָן
Transliteration
maʿyān
Pronunciation
mah-yawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עַיִן (H5869) (as a denominative in the sense of a spring)
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TWOT Reference: 1613a

Strong’s Definitions

מַעְיָן maʻyân, mah-yawn'; or מַעְיְנוֹ maʻyᵉnôw; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה maʻyânâh; from H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction):—fountain, spring, well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H4599 in the following manner: fountain (16x), well (5x), springs (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H4599 in the following manner: fountain (16x), well (5x), springs (2x).

  1. spring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעְיָן maʻyân, mah-yawn'; or מַעְיְנוֹ maʻyᵉnôw; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה maʻyânâh; from H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction):—fountain, spring, well.
STRONGS H4599: Abbreviations
† מַעְיָן noun masculineProverbs 8:24 spring; — absolute מ׳ Psalm 74:15 +; construct מַעְיַן 2 Kings 3:25 +, מַעְיְנוֺ Psalm 114:8 (Ges§ 90 n); suffix מַעְיָנוֺ Hosea 13:15; plural מַעְיָנוֺת Isaiah 41:18 +, מַעְיָנִים Psalm 104:10; construct מַעְיְנוֺת Genesis 7:11 +, מַעְיְנֵי 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 3:19, מַעַיְנֵי Isaiah 12:3; suffix מַעְיָנִי Psalm 87:7 (but see below), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ Proverbs 5:16; — spring, construct before מַיִם 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 3:19, 25; Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:15 (both P), Psalm 114:8, compare Proverbs 8:24; מַע׳ alone Isaiah 41:18; Leviticus 11:36 (P), Psalm 74:15; Psalm 104:10; 2 Chronicles 32:4, compare Joel 4:18 (in eschatological picture); in simile Proverbs 25:26; תְּהוֺם מ׳ Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (compare Proverbs 8:28); figurative of source of happiness, enjoyment Hosea 13:15 (|| מְקוֺרוֺ Psalm 84:7; Proverbs 5:16 (of wife, see Toy), compare חָתוּם מ׳ Songs 4:12, גַּנִּים מ׳; Songs 4:15; also Psalm 87:7 (si vera lectio; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֺן dwelling; הַיְשׁוּעָה מ׳ Isaiah 12:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 7:11; 8:2

Leviticus

11:36

Joshua

15:9; 18:15

1 Kings

18:5; 18:5

2 Kings

3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25

2 Chronicles

32:4

Psalms

74:15; 74:15; 84:7; 87:7; 87:7; 104:10; 104:10; 114:8; 114:8

Proverbs

5:16; 5:16; 8:24; 8:24; 8:28; 25:26

Song of Songs

4:12; 4:15

Isaiah

12:3; 12:3; 41:18; 41:18

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

H4599

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4599 matches the Hebrew מַעְיָן (maʿyān),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - Then the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - And Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - “Also you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - Then they destroyed the cities, and each man threw a stone on every good piece of land and filled it; and they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. But they left the stones of Kir Haraseth intact. However the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the kings[fn] of Assyria come and find much water?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - You broke open the fountain and the flood;
You dried up mighty rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:7 - Both the singers and the players on instruments say,
“All my springs are in you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10 - He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16 - Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no fountains abounding with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - A righteous man who falters before the wicked
Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse,
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - A fountain of gardens,
A well of living waters,
And streams from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 - Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will open rivers in desolate heights,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
An east wind shall come;
The wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD
And water the Valley of Acacias.
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