Mayan מַעְיָן

Mayan (Hebrew מַעְיָן, Strong's H4599) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “spring”. It occurs 23 times in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Mayan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 7:11
  In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
• Genesis 8:2
  The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 11:36
  Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

Joshua

• Joshua 15:9
  And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath–jearim:From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
• Joshua 18:15
  And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath–jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 18:5
  And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 3:19
  And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
• 2 Kings 3:25
  And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 32:4
  So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

Psalms

• Psalm 74:15
  Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
• Psalm 84:6
  Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
• Psalm 87:7
  As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
• Psalm 104:10
  He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
• Psalm 114:8
  Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

Proverbs

• Proverbs 5:16
  Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
• Proverbs 8:24
  When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
• Proverbs 25:26
  A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:12
  A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
• Song of Solomon 4:15
  A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 12:3
  Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
• Isaiah 41:18
  I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

Hosea

• Hosea 13:15
  Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Joel

• Joel 3:18
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).