Lexical Definition

‎מִקְוֶה‎ miqveh (mik-veh') Kue ^N:N--L
or מִקְוֵה miqvêh (mik-vay'); (1 Kings 10:28), or מִקְוֵא miqvêʼ (mik-vay'); (2 Chronicles 1:16), from ‎קָוָה‎

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

• 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

n m
1) hope
1a) hope
1b) ground of hope
1c) things hoped for, outcome
2) collection, collected mass
n pr m
3) (CLBL) Kue, a place in Cilicia from which Solomon imported horses

See Greek: συναγωγή · συνιστάω · ὑπομονή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קוא‎ only in ‎מִקְוֵא‎ see II. ‎מִקְוֶה‎ below II. ‎קוה‎.

‎קֹוֶה‎, or ‎קֹוֵא‎ proper name, of a territory Kuë in Cilicia (compare KAT^{2. 257}); ‎מִקֹוֶה‎ from Kuë, for ᵑ0 ‎מִקְוֵה‎ 1Kgs 10:28 (twice in verse) and || ‎מִקְוֵא‎ 2Chr 1:16 (twice in verse); so Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 173} Gr Benz Kit, compare ᵐ5 ἐκ Θεκουε (also ἐκ Κωα Field^{Hexapla i. 616}), ᵑ9 de Coa, Κωδ Lag^{Onom. 273}, Jerome Coa Id.^{ibid. 111}.

I. ‎מִקְוֶה‎ noun [masculine] hope; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 29:15; Ezra 10:2 construct in phrase ‎מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל‎, epithet of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Jer 14:8; Jer 17:13, compare Jer 50:7.

II. [‎מִקְוֶה‎] noun [masculine] collection, collected mass (P); — construct ‎מִקְוֵךְ‎ Gen 1:10 (‎מִקְוֶה‎ also vGen 1:9, for ‎מָקוֺם‎ according to ᵐ5 Ball), Exod 7:19; Lev 11:36, all of water. ‎֯‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Kgs 10:28 (twice in verse) = ‎מִקְוֵא‎ 2Chr 1:16 (company of merchants; drove of houses), see ‎קֹוֶה‎

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Kue • A place Solomon obtained horses

Kue, a place from which Solomon obtained horses (1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:16).

• A location first mentioned at 1Ki.10.28;
• only referred to as Kue מִקְוֶה.
  

Kue is mentioned in 1 Kings 10:28 and 2 Chronicles 1:16 as one of the places from which King Solomon acquired horses. The verses state that Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, with the king's merchants purchasing them from Kue at a fixed price. The exact location of Kue is not specified in the Bible, but it is likely a region known for horse breeding and trading in the ancient Near East.

All entries for Kue: מִקְוֶה