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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering H4723 of the waters 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 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their [fn]streams, and over their pools and over all their reservoirs H4723 of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both 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 [fn]collecting H4723 water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue H4723; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue H4723 for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - “For we are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope H4723.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and from Kue H4723; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue H4723 for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have [fn]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope H4723 for Israel in spite of this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 -

“O Hope H4723 of Israel,

Its Savior in time of distress,

Why are You like a sojourner in the land

Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent to lodge for the night?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 -

O Yahweh, the hope H4723 of Israel,

All who forsake You will be put to shame.

Those who turn [fn]away on earth will be written down

Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 -

“All who came out against them have devoured them;

And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty,

Inasmuch as they have sinned against Yahweh, who is the abode of righteousness,

Even Yahweh, the hope H4723 of their fathers.’

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