מַבּוּעַ

mabua · spring

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4002 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

mabua (מַבּוּעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spring”.

A spring, a source of water.

How to say it

ma·bu·a

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Where water wells up from the ground.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • springs ×2
  • spring ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Ecclesiastes 12:6

    before the silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is crushed, and the jar is shattered at the spring, and the wheel is broken at the cistern;

  • Isaiah 35:7

    And the burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the abode of jackals, its lair, grass will become reed and papyrus.

  • Isaiah 49:10

    They will not hunger nor thirst, and neither the scorching ground nor the sun will strike them; for he who has compassion on them will lead them, and by springs of water he will guide them.