מִקְוֶה
miqveh(mik-veh')
“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”
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Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
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
Translated in KJV as
abidinggathering togetherhopelinen yarnplenty (of water)pool.
Etymology
or מִקְוֵה; (1 Kings 10:28), or מִקְוֵאlemma מִּקְוֵא extra dagesh, corrected to מִקְוֵא; (2 Chronicles 1:16), from H6960 (קָוָה);
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