Strong H4325H4325Hמַי
Water (Gate)
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4325
- Transliteration
- mayim
- Pronunciation
- mah'-yim
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen: - + {piss} {wasting} water ({-ing} {[-course} {-flood} -spring]).
water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen: - + {piss} {wasting} water ({-ing} {[-course} {-flood} -spring]).
Detailed definition
This name means water, refreshment
In the biblical story
Water Gate
A gate in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah
The Water Gate, one of the gates in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah and associated with the reading of the Law and the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles (Neh. 3:26; 8:1, 3, 16; 12:37).
In the Bible
Strong H4325H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- water5
First verses
- Nehemiah 3:26Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
- Nehemiah 8:1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 8:16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
- Nehemiah 12:37And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.