מִקְוֶה
qōweh
hope
Strong's H4723Proper NounHebrewTWOT 1995a

מִקְוֶה (qōweh) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning hope. It appears 12 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4723).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1995a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1995a)collection, collected mass; reservoir; waited, confidence, pond, caravan, drove; abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty, pool, ditch
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִקְוֶה noun, masculine: collection, collected mass

מִקְוָה noun, feminine: reservoir

Strong's H4723 מִקְוֶה: 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
KJV:abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.

Strong's H4724 מִקְוָה: a collection, i.e. (of water) a reservoir
KJV:ditch.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1995: קָוָה qāwâ — collect; bind, expect; gather, look, patiently, tarry, wait

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:10Leviticus 11:361 Kings 10:28

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