Fountain
מָקוֹרStrong’s H4726maqor (ma-qor)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maqor is the Hebrew word usually translated “fountain of”, “spring of” and “from spring of”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Spring, fountainspring · of the eye (fig.) · source (of menstruous blood) · flow (of blood after child birth)
How it's translated
- a fountain of 7
- spring of 2
- from spring of 1
- spring her 1
- from fountain of 1
- spring your 1
- and a fountain 1
- a spring of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 7
- Jeremiah 4
- Leviticus 2
- Psalms 2
- Hosea 1
- Zechariah 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
- Psalms 68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
- Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Hebrew dictionary
מָקוֹר maqor · fountain
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.