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Lexicon :: Strong's H4723 - miqvê

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מִקְוֶה
Transliteration
miqvê
Pronunciation
mik-veh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1994c,1995a

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְוֶה miqveh, mik-veh'; or
מִקְוֵה miqvêh; (1 Kings 10:28), mik-vay'; or
מִקְוֵא° miqvêʼ; (2 Chronicles 1:16), mik-vay'; from H6960; 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:—abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty [of water], pool.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H4723 in the following manner: linen yarn (4x), hope (4x), gathering together (1x), pool (1x), plenty (1x), abiding (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H4723 in the following manner: linen yarn (4x), hope (4x), gathering together (1x), pool (1x), plenty (1x), abiding (1x).

  1. hope

    1. hope

    2. ground of hope

    3. things hoped for, outcome

  2. collection, collected mass

    proper masculine noun (CLBL)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְוֶה miqveh, mik-veh'; or
מִקְוֵה miqvêh; (1 Kings 10:28), mik-vay'; or
מִקְוֵא° miqvêʼ; (2 Chronicles 1:16), mik-vay'; from H6960; 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:—abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty [of water], pool.
STRONGS H4723: Abbreviations
† קֹוֶה, or קֹוֵא proper name, of a territory Kuë in Cilicia (compare KAT2. 257); מִקֹוֶה from Kuë, for MT מִקְוֵה 1 Kings 10:28 (twice in verse) and || מִקְוֵא 2 Chronicles 1:16 (twice in verse); so WklAlttest. Unters. 173 Gr Benz Kit, compare Greek Version of the LXX ἐκ Θεκουε (also ἐκ Κωα FieldHexapla i. 616), Vulgate de Coa, Κωδ LagOnom. 273, Jerome Coa Id.ibid. 111.

† I. מִקְוֶה noun [masculine] hope; — absolute מ׳ 1 Chronicles 29:15; Ezra 10:2; construct in phrase מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, epithet of י׳ Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 17:13, compare Jeremiah 50:7.

† II. [מִקְוֶה] noun [masculine] collection, collected mass (P); — construct מִקְוֵךְ Genesis 1:10 (מִקְוֶה also H4725 Genesis 1:9, for מָקוֺם according to Greek Version of the LXX Ball), Exodus 7:19; Leviticus 11:36, all of water. ֯ מ׳ 1 Kings 10:28 (twice in verse) = מִקְוֵא 2 Chronicles 1:16 (company of merchants; drove of horses), see קֹוֶה above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:10

Exodus

7:19

Leviticus

11:36

1 Kings

10:28; 10:28

1 Chronicles

29:15

2 Chronicles

1:16; 1:16

Ezra

10:2

Jeremiah

14:8; 17:13; 50:7

H4723

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Strong's Number H4723 matches the Hebrew מִקְוֶה (miqvê),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:10 - God called the dry land Earth,[fn] and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches a carcass in them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - And Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders would buy them from Kue for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[fn] shall be written in the earth,
for they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their habitation of righteousness, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
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