HebrewH4599Noun (Masculine)

מַעְיָן

ma.yan

21Occurrences
H4599Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)

or מַעְיְנוֹ; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה; from H5869 (עַיִן) (as a denominative in the sense of a spring);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
spring

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַעְיָן appears 21 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
4
Proverbs
3
2 Kings
2
Genesis
2
Isaiah
2
Joshua
2
Song of Solomon
2
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 18:5BSB

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

Genesis 7:11BSB

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Isaiah 41:18BSB

I will open rivers on the barren heights,and fountains in the middle of the valleys.I will turn the desert into a pool of water,and the dry land into flowing springs.

Proverbs 25:26BSB

Like a muddied spring or a polluted wellis a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

Psalms 114:8BSB

who turned the rock into a pool,the flint into a fountain of water!

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