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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 together 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 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians -- upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout 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 well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove of horses, at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove of horses, at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - Thou hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why wilt thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveller that turneth aside to stay a night?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth; because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All that found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
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