H4747 - מְקֵרָה (mᵉqêrâh)

H4747 מְקֵרָה (mᵉqêrâh) mek-ay-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cool

Strong's Definition

a cooling off

Derivation: from the same as H7119 (קַר);

KJV Usage: [idiom] summer.

TWOT Reference: 2077d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) coolness, cooling

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2846

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

coolness, cooling

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְקֵרָה meqêrâh BDB Definition: 1) coolness, cooling Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H7119 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2077d Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (2)

3:20 3:24

Judges 3:20

Then Ehud approached him... while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room -. I have a word from God for you, Ehud said, and the king rose from [his] seat.

Judges 3:24

After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked.... He must be relieving himself... in the cool room, they said.