Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4200 Places » 4236 fountain
A source of natural spring water. Figuratively, it symbolises a place of cleansing, tears or sexual fulfilment. Significantly, God is pictured as a fountain of life.
The fountain as a source of spring water
Proverbs 18:4
Figurative use of fountains
A place of cleansing
Zechariah 13:1
Tears of inconsolable grief
Jeremiah 9:1
Sexual fulfilment
Songs 4:12 See also Proverbs 5:15-18; Songs 4:15
A source of life
Proverbs 14:27 See also Psalm 36:8-9; Psalm 87:7; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 16:22; Joel 3:18
See also
3120 Holy Spirit, descriptions 3290 Holy Spirit, life-giver 4018 life, spiritual 4227 deep, the 4260 rivers & streams 4278 spring of water 4293 water 4296 wells 5198 weeping
