Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4726
מָקוֹר
maqormaw-kore'
fountain
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâqôwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4726is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4726
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
The King James renders it: fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
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
maqor is rendered "fountain". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 12:7And 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.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
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 12:7מִמְּקֹ֣ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eighteen uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a fountain of7
- spring of2
- a fountain1
- a spring of1
- and a fountain1
- from fountain of1
- from spring of1
- spring her1
- spring his1
- spring its1
- spring your1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| מָקוֹם | maqom | place | Uses401 |
The words it stands beside
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- מְק֣וֹר8
- וּמָק֣וֹר1
- מִמְּק֥וֹר1
- מִמְּקֹ֣ר1
- מְק֥וֹר1
- מָק֣וֹר1
- מְק֣וֹר׀1
- מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃1
- מְקוֹרוֹ֙1
- מְקוֹרְךָ֥1
- מְקֹרָ֣הּ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Leviticus
three uses
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.
- מִמְּקֹ֣רmimekorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from spring of
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.
- מְקֹרָ֣הּmekorahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: spring her
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: spring of
Psalms
two uses
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain of
Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
- מִמְּק֥וֹרmimekorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from fountain of
Proverbs
seven uses
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- מְקוֹרְךָ֥mekorchanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: spring your
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain of
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain of
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain of
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain of
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain of
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
- וּמָק֣וֹרumakorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a fountain
Jeremiah
four uses
“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.
- מְק֣וֹר׀mekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a spring of
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.
- מְק֣וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fountain 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.
- מְק֥וֹרmekornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: spring of
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.
- מְקוֹרָֽהּ׃mekorahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: spring its
Hosea
one use
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.
- מְקוֹרוֹ֙mekoronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: spring his
Zechariah
one use
“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.
- מָק֣וֹרmakornoun · masculine singulartagged: a fountain
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.