Springs & Fountains
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains
shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk,
and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a
fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall
water the valley of Shittim....
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He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the
hills....
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Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be
broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel
broken at the cistern....
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foun'-tin, foun'-tan: In a country where no rain falls for
half of the year, springs sume an importance unknown in more
favored lands. In both eastern and western Israel and even
in Lebanon there are many villages which depend entirely
upon reservoirs or cisterns of rain water. Others are
situated along the courses of the few perennial streams...
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FIGURATIVE
Of divine grace
Ps 36:9; Jer 2:13
Of the salvation of the gospel
Joe 3:18; Zec 13:1; Re 7:17
The turgid, of the debasement of character
Pr 25:26...
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(a spring in distinction from a well). The springs of Israel,
though short-lived, are remarkable for their abundance and
beauty, especially those which fall into the Jordan and into
its lakes, of which there are hundreds throughout its whole
course. The spring or fountain of living water, the "eye" of
the landscape, is distinguished in all Ori...
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(Heb. 'ain; i.e., "eye" of the water desert), a natural
source
of living water. Israel was a "land of brooks of
water, of
fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and
hills"
(Deut. 8:7; 11:11).
These fountains, bright sparkling "eyes" of the
desert, are
remarkable for their abundance and their beauty,
especially on
the west of Jo...
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A spring of water flowing from a hole in the earth. The
limestone rock of Israel is especially suited for the
formation of springs. In semi-arid country springs are
highly prized as water sources and often determine the
location of settlements. Thus the frequency of the Hebrew
root En, meaning spring, in place names: En-dor (Joshua
17:11); En...
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But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of
Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and
covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,
and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by
the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the
city of David....
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And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they
went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of
the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate
eastward....
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