Miqveh — H4723

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. n m
2. hope
1. hope
2. ground of hope
3. things hoped for, outcome
3. collection, collected mass
4. n pr m
5. (CLBL) Kue, a place in Cilicia from which Solomon imported horses

Usually translated as

hope, linen yarn, abiding, gathering together, plenty, pool

Origin

or miqvêh; (1 Kings 10:28), or miqvêʼ; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from H6960

• Derived from Qâvâh (H6960)

Greek equivalents

• synagōgḗ (G4864)
• synistáō (G4921)
• hypomonḗ (G5281)

Occurrences

Miqveh occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Jeremiah (3)

• Genesis 1:10 — And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together (וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה) of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
• Exodus 7:19 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools (מִקְוֵ֥ה) of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
• Leviticus 11:36 — Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty (מִקְוֵה) of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
• 1 Kings 10:28 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn (וּמִקְוֵ֕ה): the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
• 1 Kings 10:28 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn (מִקְוֵ֖ה) at a price.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15 — For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding (מִקְוֶֽה).
• 2 Chronicles 1:16 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn (וּמִקְוֵ֕א): the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
• 2 Chronicles 1:16 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn (מִקְוֵ֥א) at a price.
• Ezra 10:2 — And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope (מִקְוֶ֥ה) in Israel concerning this thing.
• Jeremiah 14:8 — O the hope (מִקְוֵה֙) of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
• Jeremiah 17:13 — O LORD, the hope (מִקְוֵ֤ה) of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
• Jeremiah 50:7 — All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope (וּמִקְוֵ֥ה) of their fathers.