Strong G4077πηγή
flow
- Transliteration
- pēgē
- Pronunciation
- pay-gay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G4078 (through the idea of gushing plumply); a fount (literally or figuratively) that is source or supply (of water blood enjoyment) (not necessarily the original spring): - fountain well.
Detailed definition
πηγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for עַיִן, also for מָקוֹר, etc.;]
a spring, fountain : Jas.3:11, 2Pe.2:17; τ. δάτων, Rev.8:10 14:7 16:4; of a well fed by a spring, Jhn.4:6; π. τοῦ αἵματος, of a flow of blood, Mrk.5:29; metaphorically, Jhn.4:14, Rev.7:17 21:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עַיִן, also for מָקוֹר, etc.;]
a spring, fountain : Jas.3:11, 2Pe.2:17; τ. δάτων, Rev.8:10 14:7 16:4; of a well fed by a spring, Jhn.4:6; π. τοῦ αἵματος, of a flow of blood, Mrk.5:29; metaphorically, Jhn.4:14, Rev.7:17 21:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4077 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fountain8
- well3
First verses
- Mark 5:29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
- John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- James 3:11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
- James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
- 2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
- Revelation 7:17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
- Revelation 8:10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
- Revelation 14:7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
- Revelation 16:4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
- Revelation 21:6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πηγή,
Doric dialect πᾱγά, ἡ, running water, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always in plural, streams, πηγαὶ ποταμῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.9, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 89, 434 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 311, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1297, “Rh.” 827 (Lyric poetry); κρουνὼ δ᾽ ἵκανον καλλιρρόω, ἔνθα δὲ πηγαὶ δοιαὶ ἀναΐσσουσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.147: _sing._, καλλιρρόου ἔψαυσα π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 202, compare 613.)]
2 metaphorically, of tears, πηγαὶ κλαυμάτων, δακρύων, streams.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 888, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 803, “Tr.” 852 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, παρειὰν νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 402 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1068, etc.)]; also πηγαὶ γάλακτος, βοτρύων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 895, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 496 (Lyric poetry))]; πόντου πηγαῖς with sea-water, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 1039)]; πηγαὶ τροφῆς τῷ γεννωμένῳ, of mother's milk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 237e; π. μαστῶν “Inscription Cos” 218.8.)]
II fount, source, τοῦ Νείλου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 4.53 (_plural_), “OGI” 168.9 (Syene, 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.52 (_plural_))]; πηγαὶ ἡλίου the fount of light, i. e. the South, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 809)]; πηγαὶ νυκτός the North, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 956; παγὰ ἐπέων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.299)]; πυρὸς παγαί[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.22, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 110, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 79d)]; πηγὴ ἀργύρου, of the silver-mines at Laureion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 238)]; τῆς ἀκουούσης π. δι᾽ ὤτων, i.e. the sense of hearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1387)]; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ἀρχῆς καὶ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668a15, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.856e.)]
II.2 metaphorically, source, origin, mostly in singular, κακῶν π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 743)]; αἱ τέχναι, ἃς πηγάς φασι τῶν καλῶν εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.13; π. καὶ ἀρχὴ κινήσεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245c)]; π. ἡδονῶν, τοῦ φρονεῖν, νοσημάτων, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 62d, “Lg.” 808d, “Ti.” 85b, etc.; ἀρχαὶ καὶ π. τῶν στάσεων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1301b5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 690d; π. τῆς κακοπραγμοσύνης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.40.3)]; βέβηκα π. εἰς ἐμάς I have returned to the source of my existence, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“epigram Gr.” 463 (from Crommyon), compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 95, +others)]
II.3 inner canthus of eye, supposed source of tears, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.71, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (both _plural_).)]
Doric dialect πᾱγά, ἡ, running water, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always in plural, streams, πηγαὶ ποταμῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.9, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 89, 434 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 311, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1297, “Rh.” 827 (Lyric poetry); κρουνὼ δ᾽ ἵκανον καλλιρρόω, ἔνθα δὲ πηγαὶ δοιαὶ ἀναΐσσουσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.147: _sing._, καλλιρρόου ἔψαυσα π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 202, compare 613.)]
2 metaphorically, of tears, πηγαὶ κλαυμάτων, δακρύων, streams.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 888, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 803, “Tr.” 852 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, παρειὰν νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 402 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1068, etc.)]; also πηγαὶ γάλακτος, βοτρύων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 895, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 496 (Lyric poetry))]; πόντου πηγαῖς with sea-water, [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 1039)]; πηγαὶ τροφῆς τῷ γεννωμένῳ, of mother's milk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 237e; π. μαστῶν “Inscription Cos” 218.8.)]
II fount, source, τοῦ Νείλου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 4.53 (_plural_), “OGI” 168.9 (Syene, 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.52 (_plural_))]; πηγαὶ ἡλίου the fount of light, i. e. the South, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 809)]; πηγαὶ νυκτός the North, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 956; παγὰ ἐπέων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.299)]; πυρὸς παγαί[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.22, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 110, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 79d)]; πηγὴ ἀργύρου, of the silver-mines at Laureion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 238)]; τῆς ἀκουούσης π. δι᾽ ὤτων, i.e. the sense of hearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1387)]; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ἀρχῆς καὶ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668a15, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.856e.)]
II.2 metaphorically, source, origin, mostly in singular, κακῶν π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 743)]; αἱ τέχναι, ἃς πηγάς φασι τῶν καλῶν εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.13; π. καὶ ἀρχὴ κινήσεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245c)]; π. ἡδονῶν, τοῦ φρονεῖν, νοσημάτων, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phlb.” 62d, “Lg.” 808d, “Ti.” 85b, etc.; ἀρχαὶ καὶ π. τῶν στάσεων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1301b5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 690d; π. τῆς κακοπραγμοσύνης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.40.3)]; βέβηκα π. εἰς ἐμάς I have returned to the source of my existence, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“epigram Gr.” 463 (from Crommyon), compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 95, +others)]
II.3 inner canthus of eye, supposed source of tears, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.71, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (both _plural_).)]