BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5875
en haq.qo.re — En-hakkore
§ En-hakkore = "spring of One calling" the spring which the Lord brought forth in response to Samson's complaint of being thirsty after he had just killed 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Fountain of the crier, the name of the spring in Lehi which burst forth in answer to Samson’s prayer when he was exhausted with the slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. 15:19). It has been identified with the spring ‘Ayun Kara, near Zoreah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
