Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H4723
מִקְוֶה
miqvehmik-veh'
Kue; hope; collection
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4723is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4723
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
The King James renders it: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
miqveh is rendered "Kue; hope; collection". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Three of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "Kue".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:10וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's twelve uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: Kue, and hope, and collection.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| KueStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas… |
| hopeStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| collectionStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and from Que2
- from Que2
- hope2
- O hope of2
- a reservoir of1
- and hope of1
- and to collection of1
- the reservoir of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִקְנֶה | miqneh | livestock | Uses76 |
| מִקְדָּשׁ | miqdash | sanctuary | Uses75 |
| מִקְרָא | miqra | assembly | Uses23 |
| מִקְלָט | miqlat | refuge | Uses20 |
| מִקְנָה | miqnah | purchase | Uses15 |
| מִקְרֶה | miqreh | accident | Uses10 |
| מִקְשָׁה | miqshah | beating | Uses9 |
| מִקְלַעַת | miqlaath | engraving | Uses4 |
| מִקְסָם | miqsam | divination | Uses2 |
| מִקְשָׁה | miqshah | cucumber field | Uses2 |
| מִקְטֶרֶת | miqtereth | censer | Uses2 |
| מִקְוָה | miqvah | reservoir | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה1
- וּמִקְוֵ֕א1
- וּמִקְוֵ֕ה1
- וּמִקְוֵ֥ה1
- מִקְוֵ֥א1
- מִקְוֵ֥ה1
- מִקְוֵ֖ה1
- מִקְוֵה֙1
- מִקְוֵ֤ה1
- מִקְוֶ֥ה1
- מִקְוֵה־1
- מִקְוֶֽה׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npl
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl
Genesis
one use
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
- וּלְמִקְוֵ֥הulemikvehconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to collection of
Exodus
one use
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- מִקְוֵ֥הmikvehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the reservoir of
Leviticus
one use
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
- מִקְוֵה־mikveh-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a reservoir of
1 Kings
two uses
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- וּמִקְוֵ֕הumikvehconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from Que
- מִקְוֵ֖הmikvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from Que
1 Chronicles
one use
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- מִקְוֶֽה׃mikvehnoun · masculine singulartagged: hope
2 Chronicles
two uses
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- וּמִקְוֵ֕אumikve'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and from Que
- מִקְוֵ֥אmikve'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Que
Ezra
one use
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- מִקְוֶ֥הmikvehnoun · masculine singulartagged: hope
Jeremiah
three uses
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?
- מִקְוֵה֙mikvehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O hope 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.
- מִקְוֵ֤הmikvehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O hope 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.’
- וּמִקְוֵ֥הumikvehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and hope of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.