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מַעְיָן H4599

H4599 is the Hebrew word מַעְיָן, transliterated maʻyân and said mah-yawn'. The King James Version most often renders it fountain.

Word: מַעְיָןTransliteration: maʻyânSaid: mah-yawn'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

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

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

fountain 8×fountains 6×well 2×wells 2×nevertheless a fountain 1×springs 1×no fountains 1×out of the wells 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: fountain, spring, well.

Verses using מַעְיָן

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 7:11 · KJV

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 8:2 · KJV

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Leviticus 11:36 · KJV

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

Joshua 15:9 · KJV

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

Joshua 18:15 · KJV

And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:

1 Kings 18:5 · KJV

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

2 Kings 3:19 · KJV

And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

2 Kings 3:25 · KJV

And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

2 Chronicles 32:4 · KJV

So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

Psalm 74:15 · KJV

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Psalm 84:6 · KJV

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psalm 104:10 · KJV

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

Psalm 114:8 · KJV

Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Proverbs 5:16 · KJV

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 8:24 · KJV

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

Proverbs 25:26 · KJV

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Song of Solomon 4:12 · KJV

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 4:15 · KJV

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Isaiah 12:3 · KJV

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Isaiah 41:18 · KJV

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Hosea 13:15 · KJV

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Joel 3:18 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4599 mean?

H4599 is the Hebrew word מַעְיָן (maʻyân), meaning a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction).

How is H4599 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it fountain (8 times), fountains (6 times), well (2 times), wells (2 times), nevertheless a fountain (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4599 appear in the Bible?

מַעְיָן (maʻyân) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4599 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or מַעְיְנוֹ; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה; from H5869 (עַיִן) (as a denominative in the sense of a spring).

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