Strong's Lexicon

H4726

H4726 — מָקוֹר מָקוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmaqowrnoun mascOccurrences: 18TWOT: 2004a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4726
Word:	מָקוֹר מָקוֹר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H6979
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	18
Transliteration:	maqowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-kore' (or maqor {maw-kore'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. (properly) something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing 2. also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda) 3. (figuratively) of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
KJV Renderings:	fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).

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מָקוֺר noun masculine^{Zech 13:1} spring, fountain (apparently originally well); — absolute ׳ מ Zech 13:1; Prov 25:26 construct מְקוֺר Jer 2:13 +, מְקֹר Lev 12:7; Lev 20:18 suffix מְקוֺרוֺ Hos 13:15, etc.; —

1. spring of water:

a; figurative, of ׳ י, מַיִם ׳ מ חַיִּים Jer 2:13; Jer 17:13, compare חַיִּים ׳ מ Ps 36:10 חַיִּים ׳ מ (more generally), Prov 10:11; Prov 13:14; Prov 14:27; Prov 16:22 + Prov 18:4 (so read for חָכְמָה ׳ מ ᵐ5 Hebrew Manuscripts Toy).

b. figurative of purification Ezek 13:1.

c. מָקוֺר מָשְׁחָת Prov 25:26 (figurative; + מַעְיָן).

d. figurative of source of life and vigour Hos 13:15; Jer 51:36 of a nation's original source, stock Ps 68:27 (Kay Che, of temple); source of joy Prov 5:18 (figurative of wife; || אֵשֶׁת ).

2. figurative of eye, מְקוֺר דַּמְעָה, Jer 8:23.

3. source of menstruous blood, דָּמֶיהָ ׳ מְ Lev 20:18, so מְקֹרָהּ Lev 20:18 ( H ).

4. = flow of blood after child-birth דָּמֶיהָ ׳ מְ Lev 12:7 ( P ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מקור (mah-kohr’)

Leviticus 12:7

KJV: Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

EHCC: she shall be cleansed from the issue of |

Leviticus 20:18

KJV: And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.discovered: Heb. made naked

EHCC: he hath discovered Aer fountain, and the

Psalms 36:9

KJV: For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

EHCC: (10). with thee (is) the fountain of life:

Psalms 68:26

KJV: Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.from…: or, ye that are of the fountain of Israel

EHCC: (27). the Lord, from the fountain of Ismel.

Proverbs 5:18

KJV: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

EHCC: Let thy fountain be blessed:

Proverbs 10:11

KJV: The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

EHCC: mouth of a righteous (man is) a well of

Proverbs 13:14

KJV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

EHCC: law of the wise (is) a fountain of life,

Proverbs 14:27

KJV: The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

EHCC: fear of the Lord (is) 4 fountain of life,

Proverbs 16:22

KJV: Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

EHCC: Understanding (is) a wellspring of life |

Proverbs 18:4

KJV: The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

EHCC: the wellepring of wisdom (as) a Sowing

Proverbs 25:26

KJV: A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

EHCC: and a corrupt spring.

Jeremiah 2:13

KJV: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

EHCC: forsaken me the fountain of living waters, ו

Jeremiah 9:1

KJV: Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Oh…: Heb. Who will give my head, etc

EHCC: (8:23). mine eyes a fountain of tears,

Jeremiah 17:13

KJV: O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

EHCC: forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living

Jeremiah 51:36

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

EHCC: dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

Hosea 18:15

EHCC: Ais spring shall become -

Zechariah 13:1

KJV: In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.uncleanness: Heb. separation for uncleanness

EHCC: that day there shall be 4 fowntain opened