# H4723 מִקְוֶה

מִקְוֶה (miqveh), Strong’s H4723: 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 KJV: abiding…

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*miqveh* — 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

KJV: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.

Derived from [קָוָה qâvâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H6960) (to bind together)

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִקְוֶה n.[m.] hope
- מִקְוֶה n.[m.]
- [מִקְוֶה] n.[m.] collection, collected mass
- קֹוֶה n.pr.terr
- קֹוֶה, or קֹוֵא n.pr.terr. Ḳuë in Cilicia

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 1:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=10) — God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
- [Exodus 7:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=19) — The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their…
- [Leviticus 11:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=36) — Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass…
- [1 Kings 10:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=28) — The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a…
- [Jeremiah 14:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/14?v=8) — You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring…
- [Jeremiah 17:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=13) — LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the…
- [Jeremiah 50:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/50?v=7) — All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the…
- [Ezra 10:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/10?v=2) — Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have…
- [1 Chronicles 29:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/29?v=15) — For we are strangers before you and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and…
- [2 Chronicles 1:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/1?v=16) — The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue. The king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.