Meqerah מְקֵרָה
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| מְקֵרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meqerah |
| Strong's number | H4747 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | cool |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Meqerah (Hebrew מְקֵרָה, Strong's H4747) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “cool”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
coolness, cooling
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | summer (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | coolness (1), cool (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meqerah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 3:20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
- Judges 3:24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
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).