What does "Fountain" mean in the Bible?
Springs of water are often mentioned in the Bible. Palestine, in contrast with Egypt, was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, Deut 8:7. Fountain appears in 13 verses across 5 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Fountain?
FOUNT'AIN. Springs of water are often mentioned in the Bible. Palestine, in contrast with Egypt, was a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, Deut 8:7. Hundreds of fountains may be counted with ease on either side of the Jordan. Some have peculiar properties. There are intermittent, thermal, brackish, sulphur, and hot springs. Perpetual fountains or springs of living water were greatly valued. Ps 36:8-9; Isa 49:10; Jer 2:13; Joel 3:18; Zech 13:1; John 4:10; Rev 7:17. In the expressive language of the Hebrews and the modern Arabs, a fountain is the "eye" of the locality. The importance of water is attested by the numerous names of localities into which enters the Hebrew en or the Arabic ain, "fountain," such as "En-rogel," "Engedi" (Arabic 'Ain-jidy), "En-had-dah." Damascus is the best supplied with water of all the Eastern cities; Jerusalem also had so abundant a supply that during its numerous sieges there was never a complaint on this score. Public fountains are frequent in the towns. The "fountain sealed" of Song 4:12 is a well-spring covered with a stone and sealed with the king's own signet. The word "fountain " was used figuratively; thus, Deut 33:28 and Ps 68:26, it is applied to Israel as the ancestor of the chosen people of God, and in Prov 5:18 to a beloved wife.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Fountain?
Where does Fountain appear in the Bible?
Fountain is referenced in 13 verses across 5 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Hosea 13:15
- Jeremiah 2:13
- Jeremiah 9:1
- Jeremiah 17:13
- Proverbs 5:18
- Proverbs 10:11
- Proverbs 13:14
- Proverbs 14:27
- Proverbs 16:22
- Proverbs 18:4
- Psalms 36:9
- Psalms 68:26
- Zechariah 13:1
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Fountain.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Fountain?
Fountain appears in 13 verses across 5 books, most often in Proverbs, which accounts for 6 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Fountain?
Proverbs, Jeremiah, Psalms, Hosea, Zechariah.
Where can I read every verse about Fountain?
This page lists 13 of them. Protos carries all 13, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
