H4599 - מַעְיָן (maʻyân)

H4599 מַעְיָן (maʻyân) mah-yawn'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

spring

Strong's Definition

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

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

KJV Usage: fountain, spring, well.

TWOT Reference: 1613a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) spring

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

spring

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַעְיָנָה / מַעְיְנוֹ / מַעְיָן ma‛yân / ma‛yenô / ma‛yânâh BDB Definition: 1) spring Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring) Same Word by TWOT Number: 1613a Total KJV Occurrences: 23

Bible Occurrences (21)

7:11 8:2

11:36

15:9 18:15

18:5

3:19 3:25

32:4

74:15 84:6 87:7 104:10 114:8

5:16 8:24 25:26

12:3 41:18

13:15

3:18

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 8:2

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Leviticus 11:36

Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

Joshua 15:9

From the hilltop... the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around... toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

Joshua 18:15

On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.

2 Kings 3:19

And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring..., and ruin every good field with stones.

2 Kings 3:25

They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring... and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it [as well].