Strong H4723H4723Bמִקְוֶה

hope

One of the 3 senses of Strong H4723

Transliteration
miqveh miqvêh miqvê'
Pronunciation
{mik-veh'} {mik-vay'} mik-vay'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

1) hope
1a) hope
1b) ground of hope
1c) things hoped for, outcome

General definition

From H6960; something waited {for} that {is} confidence (objectively or subjectively); also a {collection} that {is} (of water) a {pond} or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove: - {abiding} gathering {together} {hope} linen {yarn} plenty [of {water]} pool.

In the Bible

Strong H4723B appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hope4
  • abide1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:15
    For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
  2. Ezra 10:2
    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
  3. Jeremiah 14:8
    O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
  4. Jeremiah 17:13
    O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
  5. Jeremiah 50:7
    All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
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