Strong's Hebrew · H4726
מָקוֹר
mâqôwr · maw-kore'
Definitionproperly, 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)
Derivationor מָקֹר; from H6979 (קוּר);
KJV usagefountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Occurrences18 in the KJV · 17 verses
מָקוֹר in Scripture
Leviticus 12:7
Who 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 20:18
And 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 36:9
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psalms 68:26
Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man' s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 25:26
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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