BDB7343
קוא only in מִקְוֵא see II. מִקְוֶה below II. קוה.
Strong's Lexicon
H4723
H4723 — מִקוֶה מִקוֵה מִקוֵא
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4723 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מִקוֶה מִקוֵה מִקוֵא |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H6960 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | miqveh |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mik-veh' (or miqveh (1 Kings 10) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective) 2. also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove |
| KJV Renderings: | abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB7344
קֹוֶה, or קֹוֵא proper name [of a territory] Kuë in Cilicia (compare KAT2. 257); מִקֹוֶה from Kuë, for ᵑ0 מִקְוֵה 1Kgs 10:28 (twice in verse) and || מִקְוֵא 2Chr 1:16 (twice in verse); so WklAlttest. Unters. 173 Gr Benz Kit, compare ᵐ5 ἐκ Θεκουε (also ἐκ Κωα FieldHexapla i. 616), ᵑ9 de Coa, Κωδ LagOnom. 273, Jerome Coa Id.ibid. 111.
BDB7349
I. מִקְוֶה noun [masculine] hope; — absolute ׳ מ 1Chr 29:15; Ezra 10:2 construct in phrase מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל, epithet of ׳ י Jer 14:8; Jer 17:13, compare Jer 50:7.
BDB7354
II. [מִקְוֶה] noun [masculine] collection, collected mass ( P ); — construct מִקְוֵךְ Gen 1:10 ( מִקְוֶה also Gen 1:9, for מָקוֺם according to ᵐ5 Ball), Exod 7:19; Lev 11:36, all of water. ֯ ׳ מ 1Kgs 10:28 (twice in verse) = מִקְוֵא 2Chr 1:16 ( company of merchants; drove of houses), see קֹוֶה
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מקוה (mik-veh’)
Genesis 1:10
- KJV: And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- EHCC: and the gatherin, ether of the waters
Genesis 7:19
- KJV: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
- EHCC: upon all their ls of water, (marg.
Leviticus 11:36
- KJV: Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.wherein…: Heb. a gathering together of waters
- EHCC: a fountain or pit, (wherein there is) plenty
Ezra 10:2
- KJV: And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
- EHCC: yet now Mier is Aope in iszel concerning
Jeremiah 14:8
- KJV: O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
- EHCC: 0 the hope of Ysrael, the saviour thereof