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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, the [pouring] rain from the sky was restrained,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern (reservoir) collecting water shall be clean; but whoever touches one of these carcasses shall be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - Then the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - The southern side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went on westward and went to the source of the waters of Nephtoah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the sources of water and to all the streams; perhaps we may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - ‘You shall strike every fortified city and every choice (principal) city, and cut down every good tree and stop up all sources of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the [walls of the] cities, and each man threw a stone on every piece of good land, covering it [with stones]. And they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until they left nothing in Kir-hareseth [Moab’s capital city] but its stones. Then the [stone] slingers surrounded the city and destroyed it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So many people came together, and they stopped up all the springs and the brook which flowed [underground] through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find an abundance of water?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 -

You broke open fountains and streams;

You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 -

Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([fn]Baca), they make it a place of springs;

The early rain also covers it with blessings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:7 -

The singers as well as the players of flutes will say,

“All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God].”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10 -

You send springs into the valleys;

Their waters flow among the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 -

Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16 -

Should your [fn]springs (children) be dispersed,

As streams of water in the streets?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 -

“When there were no ocean depths I was born,

When there were no fountains and springs overflowing with water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 -

Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring

Is a righteous man who yields and compromises his integrity before the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 -

“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—

A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 -

You are a fountain in a garden,

A well of fresh and living water,

And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 -

Therefore with joy you will draw water

From the springs of salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 -

“I will open rivers on the barren heights

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a reed-pool of water

And the dry land springs of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 -

For though he flourishes among the reeds (his fellow tribes),

An east wind (Assyria) will come,

The breath of the LORD rising from the desert;

And Ephraim’s spring will become dry

And his fountain will be dried up.

Assyria will plunder his treasury of every precious object.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 -

And in that day

The mountains will drip with sweet wine

And the hills will flow with milk;

And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water,

And a fountain will go out from the house of the LORD

To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim.

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