Strong's Definition
or maqor {maw-kore'}; from 6979; 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)
KJV Usage: fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָקוֹר (ma.qor) — fountain. 1) spring, fountain 1a) spring 1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.) 1b) of the eye (fig.) 1c) source (of menstruous blood) 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · קור
Waterbodies | ≈ יָם · מַעְיָן
spring = an opening in the earth that gives access to the subterranean water which either comes to the surface or can be drawn from it; ≈ its water is regarded as a source of life and well-being
Alive | ≈ אֹור
Collocation: מְקֹור חַיִּים
spring of life, source of life literally: spring of life; hence: = a reference to God or wisdom as a sources of life, ◄ as a spring is a source of life to a community
Alive
Collocation: מְקֹור מַיִם חַיִּים
spring of life, source of life literally: spring of living water; hence: = a reference to God as a source of life, ◄ as a spring is a source of life to a community
Flow
flow (of blood) literally: spring (of blood); hence: = process by which blood flows from a woman's body during her menstruation
People
source, fountain literally: spring; hence: = a reference to a person or group to whom a nation retraces its origins
People
source literally: spring; hence: = part of the body from which liquids flow, such as tears
People
spring, fountain literally: (one's) spring; hence: = an euphemistic reference to a man's genitals
Wise
Collocation: מְקֹור חָכְמָה
spring of wisdom, source of wisdom literally: spring of wisdom; hence: = a place from where wisdom is acquired
1 PSA 68:27 RSV NJPS NRSV ESV | NIV REB "assembly" | NJB "foundation"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָקוֹר n.m. spring, fountain (app. orig. well) spring of water
fig. of eye
source of menstruous blood
= flow of blood after child-birth
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