What does בּוֹר · מִקְוֶה · מַיִם mean in the Bible?
בּוֹר · מִקְוֶה · מַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)".
Hebrew · H953, H4723, H4325
בּוֹר מִקְוֵה־מַיִם
A pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) · 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 · water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
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בּוֹר H953 a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Pronunciation bôr
A pit or cistern; figuratively, a place of confinement, death, or divine entrapment of the wicked
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מִקְוֶה H4723 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
Pronunciation miqĕweh
Hope as the object of waiting; confidence grounded in gathering/collection of resources into one place.
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מַיִם H4325 water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Pronunciation mayim
Foundational necessity moving from literal substance to bodily fluids; water as life-sustaining element throughout OT narrative and metaphor.
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What does בּוֹר מִקְוֵה־מַיִם (bôr miqwê-mayim) mean in the Bible?
בּוֹר · מִקְוֶה · מַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H953, H4723, H4325?
H953, H4723, H4325 is connected to 662 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Strong's H953, H4723, H4325
Lexical occurrences 662 verses Source Gloss
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בּוֹר מִקְוֵה־מַיִם is built from these roots:
בּוּר H952
בֹּאר H877
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain