מָקוֹר

Strong’s Definition

properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)

Etymology & Derivation

or מָקֹר; from H6979 (קוּר);

KJV Usage

fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.spring, fountain
• 2.spring
• 3.of the eye (figuratively)
• 4.source (of menstruous blood)
• 5.flow (of blood after child birth)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâqôwr; Pronunciation: maw-kore'