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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 4 times in 4 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - “For my people have done two evil things:
They have abandoned me—
the fountain of living water.
And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns
that can hold no water at all!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - [fn]If only my head were a pool of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
for all my people who have been slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who turn away from you will be disgraced.
They will be buried in the dust of the earth,
for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - This is what the LORD says to Jerusalem:
“I will be your lawyer to plead your case,
and I will avenge you.
I will dry up her river,
as well as her springs,
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