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Proverbs 10:11
“The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָקוֹרmâqôwr · maw-kore'
H4726 · Hebrew
H4726 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
- Derivation
- or מָקֹר; from H6979 (קוּר);
- KJV renderings
- fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
- Grammar
- מְק֣וֹר — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 12:7Leviticus 20:18Leviticus 20:18Psalms 36:10Psalms 68:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָקוֹר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.