# מִקְוֶה (miqveh)

Israeli respelling: miq-veh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4723. 10 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/miqveh-h4723

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/10) — And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- [Exodus 7:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/7/19) — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon…
- [Leviticus 11:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/11/36) — Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
- [1 Kings 10:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/28) — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
- [1 Chronicles 29:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 Chronicles 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/1/16) — And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
- [Ezra 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 14:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 17:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 the…
- [Jeremiah 50:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 habitatio…