Definition

a fount (literally or figuratively), i.e. source or supply (of water, blood, enjoyment) (not necessarily the original spring)

Etymology

probably from G4078 (πήγνυμι) (through the idea of gushing plumply);

Where the KJV renders it

• fountain
• well

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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