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Lexicon :: Strong's H4726 - māqôr

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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 -

“He will present them before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 -

“If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:9 -

For the wellspring of life is with you.

By means of your light we see light.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 -

Bless God in the assemblies;

bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18 -

Let your fountain be blessed,

and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 -

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 -

A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life,

turning people away from the snares of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 -

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,

turning people away from the snares of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 -

Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor,

but the discipline of fools is folly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:4 -

The words of a person’s mouth are deep waters,

a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 -

A righteous person who yields to the wicked

is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

For my people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves ​— ​

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 -

If my head were a flowing spring,

my eyes a fountain of tears,

I would weep day and night

over the slain of my dear[fn] people.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 -

LORD, the hope of Israel,

all who abandon you

will be put to shame.

All who turn away from me

will be written in the dirt,

for they have abandoned

the LORD, the fountain of living water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 -

Therefore, this is what the LORD says:

I am about to champion your cause

and take vengeance on your behalf;

I will dry up her sea

and make her fountain run dry.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 -

Although he flourishes among his brothers,[fn]

an east wind will come,

a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert.

His water source will fail,

and his spring will run dry.

The wind[fn] will plunder the treasury

of every precious item.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 -

“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.

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