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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month - on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - However, a spring or a cistern which collects water will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Ahab told Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - You will defeat every fortified city and every important city. You must chop down every productive tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. They reasoned, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:7 - As for the singers, as well as the pipers - all of them sing within your walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:10 - He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16 - Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon. The Beloved to Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 - Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:18 - I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
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