Maqor מָקוֹר
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| מָקוֹר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maqor |
| Strong's number | H4726 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | fountain |
| Occurrences | 18 in 17 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (7) |
Maqor (Hebrew מָקוֹר, Strong's H4726) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fountain”. It occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) spring, fountain
1a) spring
1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.)
1b) of the eye (fig.)
1c) source (of menstruous blood)
1d) flow (of blood after child birth)
1a) spring
1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.)
1b) of the eye (fig.)
1c) source (of menstruous blood)
1d) flow (of blood after child birth)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fountain (11), wellspring (2), spring (2), issue (1), well (1), springs (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fountain (6), is a fountain (4), source of her flow (1), source (1), is the fountain (1), may your fountain (1), well (1), make her springs (1), his fountain (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maqor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 12:7Who 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.And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
- Leviticus 20:18And 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.If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
Psalms
- Psalm 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Psalm 68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 14:27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 18:4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
- Proverbs 25:26A 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.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:13For 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.“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh 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, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 17:13O 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.O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore 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.Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.
Hosea
- Hosea 13:15Though 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.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).