מִקְוֶה miqveh

Hebrew word for “hope” · Strong’s H4723 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) hope; 1a) hope; 1b) ground of hope; 1c) things hoped for, outcome

Senses in the lexicon

• hope (5)
• Kue (4)
• collection (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for miqveh in context, with how often each is used:

• hope 5
• que 4
• reservoir 2
• collection 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 1 (1), Exodus 7 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), 2 Chronicles 1 (1), Ezra 10 (1), Jeremiah 14 (1), Jeremiah 17 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1)

Forms

• מקוה 7
• ומקוה 2
• ומקוא 1
• מקוא 1
• ולמקוה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with miqveh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַי mayim “water” 4
• מְחִיר mechir “price” 2
• סָחַר sachar “to trade” 2
• מוֹצָא motsa “exit” 2
• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 2
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 3
• אֲנַחְנוּ anachnu “we” 2
• סוּס sus “horse” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 3
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 2
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 2
• אָב av “father” 2

Key verses

The verses using miqveh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 1:10 — And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together 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…
• Leviticus 11:36 — Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty 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: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn 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.
• 2 Chronicles 1:16 — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn 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…
• Jeremiah 14:8 — O the hope 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…
• Jeremiah 17:13 — O LORD, the hope 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…
• 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.