This is the name of the place Kue: A place Solomon obtained horses.
Definition
or מִקְוֵה; (1 Kings 10:28), or מִקְוֵאlemma מִּקְוֵא extra dagesh, corrected to מִקְוֵא; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from H6960; 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
Traditional renderings: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
Traditional renderings: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
12 total
- Genesis 1:10וּלְמִקְוֵ֥ה · and the gatheringGod called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
- Exodus 7:19מִקְוֵ֥ה · the reservoirsAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- Leviticus 11:36מִקְוֵה־ · containingNevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
- 1 Kings 10:28 (2×)וּמִקְוֵ֕ה · and Kue; מִקְוֵ֖ה · from KueSolomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15מִקְוֶֽה׃ · hopeFor we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- 2 Chronicles 1:16 (2×)וּמִקְוֵ֕א · and Kue; מִקְוֵ֥א · from KueSolomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- Ezra 10:2מִקְוֶ֥ה · hopeThen Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- Jeremiah 14:8מִקְוֵה֙ · O HopeO Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- Jeremiah 17:13מִקְוֵ֤ה · the hopeO LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Jeremiah 50:7וּמִקְוֵ֥ה · the hopeAll who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’