Strong's Hebrew · H4723
H4723 miqveh
מִקְוֶה
mik-veh'
Kue
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miqveh appears 12 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:10 and Exodus 7:19. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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
In the King James Version
abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
Derivation
or מִקְוֵה; (1 Kings 10:28), or מִקְוֵא; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from H6960 (קָוָה);
Appears 12 times in Scripture
“Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.”
“Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.”
“And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.””
“Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.”
“God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.”
“O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?”
“Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.”
“For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
