מָקוֹר
mâqôwr · maw-kore'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָקֹר; from H6979 (קוּר);
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָקוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fountain2 · 11%
- is a fountain2 · 11%
- from the issue1 · 6%
- her fountain1 · 6%
- for with thee is the fountain1 · 6%
- from the fountain1 · 6%
- let thy fountain1 · 6%
- man is a well1 · 6%
- is a wellspring1 · 6%
- and the wellspring1 · 6%
- spring1 · 6%
- me the fountain1 · 6%
- a fountain1 · 6%
- and make her springs1 · 6%
- and his spring1 · 6%
- there shall be a fountain1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.