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Lexicon :: Strong's H4726 - māqôr

Aa
מָקוֹר
Transliteration
māqôr
Pronunciation
maw-kore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2004a

Strong’s Definitions

מָקוֹר mâqôwr, maw-kore'; or מָקֹר mâqôr; from H6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny):—fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H4726 in the following manner: fountain (11x), spring (3x), wellspring (2x), issue (1x), well (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H4726 in the following manner: fountain (11x), spring (3x), wellspring (2x), issue (1x), well (1x).

  1. spring, fountain

    1. spring

      1. of source of life, joy, purification (fig.)

    2. of the eye (fig.)

    3. source (of menstruous blood)

    4. flow (of blood after child birth)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָקוֹר mâqôwr, maw-kore'; or מָקֹר mâqôr; from H6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny):—fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
STRONGS H4726: Abbreviations
† מָקוֺר noun masculineZechariah 13:1 spring, fountain (apparently originally well); — absolute מ׳ Zechariah 13:1; Proverbs 25:26; construct מְקוֺר Jeremiah 2:13 +, מְקֹר Leviticus 12:7; Leviticus 20:18; suffix מְקוֺרוֺ Hosea 13:15, etc.; —
1. spring of water :
a. figurative, of י׳, מַיִם מ׳ חַיִּים Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13, compare חַיִּים מ׳ Psalm 36:10 [Psalm 36:9]; חַיִּים מ׳ (more generally), Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 16:22 + Proverbs 18:4 (so read for חָכְמָה מ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Hebrew Manuscripts Toy).
b. figurative of purification Zechariah 13:1.
c. מָקוֺר מָשְׁחָת Proverbs 25:26 (figurative; + מַעְיָן).
d. figurative of source of life and vigour Hosea 13:15; Jeremiah 51:36; of a nation's original source, stock Psalm 68:27 [Psalm 68:26] (Kay Che, of temple); source of joy Proverbs 5:18 (figurative of wife; || אֵשֶׁת).
2. figurative of eye, מְקוֺר דַּמְעָה, Jeremiah 8:23.
3. source of menstruous blood, דָּמֶיהָ מְ׳ Leviticus 20:18, so מְקֹרָהּ Leviticus 20:18 (H).
4. = flow of blood after child-birth דָּמֶיהָ מְ׳ Leviticus 12:7 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

12:7; 12:7; 20:18; 20:18; 20:18

Psalms

36:9; 68:26

Proverbs

5:18; 10:11; 13:14; 14:27; 16:22; 18:4; 25:26; 25:26

Jeremiah

2:13; 2:13; 17:13; 51:36

Hosea

13:15; 13:15

Zechariah

13:1; 13:1; 13:1

H4726

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4726 matches the Hebrew מָקוֹר (māqôr),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 - For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18 - Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:4 - The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - For this reason the Lord has said: See, I will give support to your cause, and take payment for what you have undergone; I will make her sea dry, and her fountain without water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 - In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.
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