Quick Definition
water
Biblical Persons & Places
Water_Gate
Water Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Neh.3.26;
only referred to as Water Gate (מַי).
Strong's Definition
mayim mah'-yim Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water ; figuratively juice ; by euphemism urine , semen: - + piss, wasting, water (-ing, [-course, -flood, -spring]). LXX related word(s) G1484 ethnos G2250 hemera G5204 hudor G5205 huetos G5202 hudropoteo
Derivation: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
KJV Usage: [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
TWOT Reference: 1188
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַיִם
mayim
BDB Definition:
1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1188
Total KJV Occurrences: 578