Word Study · Strong's H4723 · Hebrew
מִקְוֶה
miqveh
mik-veh'
“something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
Rendered in the KJV as
abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה1
- וּמִקְוֵ֕א1
- וּמִקְוֵ֕ה1
- וּמִקְוֵ֥ה1
- מִקְוֵ֥א1
- מִקְוֵ֥ה1
- מִקְוֵ֖ה1
- מִקְוֵה֙1
- מִקְוֵ֤ה1
- מִקְוֶ֥ה1
- מִקְוֵה־1
- מִקְוֶֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 8
- [is] hope2
- and from Que2
- from Que2
- O hope of2
- a reservoir of1
- and [the] hope of1
- and to [the] collection of1
- the reservoir of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 4
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 2
- HNcmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/R/Npl · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah3 of 12 · 25%
- 1 Kings2 of 12 · 17%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 12 · 17%
- Genesis1 of 12 · 8%
- Exodus1 of 12 · 8%
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1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 10:28וּמִקְוֵ֕הumikvehconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.here: and from Que
- 1 Kings 10:28מִקְוֵ֖הmikvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.here: from Que
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 1:16וּמִקְוֵ֕אumikve'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.here: and from Que
- 2 Chronicles 1:16מִקְוֵ֥אmikve'preposition + proper noun (a name)Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.here: from Que
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 14:8מִקְוֵה֙mikvehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?here: O hope of
- Jeremiah 17:13מִקְוֵ֤הmikvehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: O hope of
- Jeremiah 50:7וּמִקְוֵ֥הumikvehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’here: and [the] hope of