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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. “ ‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:26 - Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18 - May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:11 - The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:4 - The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - LORD, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: “See, I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the LORD will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:1 - “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
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