Word Summary
pēgē: a spring (of water)
Original Word: πηγήTransliteration: pēgē
Phonetic Spelling: (pay-gay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a spring (of water)
Meaning: a spring (of water)
Strong's Concordance
fountain, well.
Probably from pegnumi (through the idea of gushing plumply); a fount (literally or figuratively), i.e. Source or supply (of water, blood, enjoyment) (not necessarily the original spring) -- fountain, well.
see GREEK pegnumi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4077: πηγήπηγή,
πηγῆς,
ἡ, from
Homer down, the
Sept. chiefly for
מַעְיָן,
עַיִן,
מָקור;
a fountain, spring:
James 3:11, and
Rec. in 12;
2 Peter 2:17;
ὕδατος ἁλλομένου,
John 4:14;
τῶν ὑδάτων,
Revelation 8:10;
Revelation 14:7;
Revelation 16:4; of a well fed by a spring,
John 4:6.
ζωῆς πηγαί ὑδάτων,
Revelation 7:17;
ἡ πηγή τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς,
Revelation 21:6 (on both passive see in
ζωή, p. 274{a});
ἡ πηγή τοῦ αἵματος, a flow of blood,
Mark 5:29.