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מַיִם
mayim · Hebrew · Strong's H4325 · 579 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “spring”
What it means
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
How the KJV renders it
wasting, watering, course, flood, spring
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“spring”
also renders blastánō (G985), phýō (G5453), gennáō (G1080), anatéllō (G393), gal (H1530), gullâh (H1543), dâshâʼ (H1876), mabbûwaʻ (H4002), môwtsâʼ (H4161), maʻyân (H4599), mâqôwr (H4726), nêbek (H5033), pârach (H6524), tsemach (H6780)
“course”
“flood”
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Where it appears
579 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 11:17 · HNcmpa
David longed, and said, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
1 Chronicles 11:18 · HNcmpa
The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, took it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink any of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
1 Chronicles 14:11 · HNcmpa
So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like waters breaking out. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
1 Kings 13:8 · HNcmpa
The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
1 Kings 13:9 · HNcmpa
for so was it commanded me by Yahweh’s word, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, drink no water, and don’t return by the way that you came.’”
1 Kings 13:16 · HNcmpa
He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.