H4726 מָקוֹר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 18 KJV occurrences
מָקוֹר
mâqôwr · maw-kore'
Definition
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)
KJV Renderings
fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Derivation / Etymology
or מָקֹר; from H6979 (קוּר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 18)
- 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 68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 25:26A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.