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Strong's #4457 - מַלְקָח

Transliteration

melqâch

Phonetics

mel-kawkh', mal-kawkh'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3947)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1124d

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) snuffers, tongs

1a) tongs (for altar use)

1b) snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (6)

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

NAS (6)

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

HCS (6)

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (6)

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

ESV (4)

Numbers 1

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

WEB (6)

Exodus 2

Numbers 1

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2319) h q l (לקהה LQHh) AC: Take CO: Tong AB: ?: [from: ql- gathering]

V) h q l (לקהה LQHh) - Take: [A generic verb with a wide application meaning to take] KJV (965): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Hophal, Pual) take, receive, fetch, bring, get, carry, marry, buy - Strongs: H3947 (לָקַח)

N^m) h q l (לקהה LQHh) - Learning: In the sense of being received. KJV (9): doctrine, learning speech - Strongs: H3948 (לֶקַח)

a^m) h q l m (מלקהה MLQHh) - Tong: A tool for taking coals out of the fire. KJV (6): tong, snuffer - Strongs: H4457 (מַלְקָח)

ac^m) h f q l m (מלקוהה MLQWHh) - I. Jaw:As tongs for taking food. II. Prey:What is taken. KJV (8): prey, booty, jaw - Strongs: H4455 (מַלְקוֹחַיִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם, [מַלְקָחַיִם] noun [masculine] dual tongs, snuffers; —

1 tongs used at altar of temple, for lifting coal, in Isaiah's vision, Isaiah 6:6.

2 lamp snuffers, in temple 1 Kings 7:49 2 Chronicles 4:21; in tabernacle suffix ( reference to lamp-stand, מְנוֺרָה) מַלְקָחֶיהָ Exodus 25:38; Exodus 37:23; Numbers 4:9 (all P).

List of Word Forms

בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִם במלקחים וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ והמלקחים ומלקחיה מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ מלקחיה bə·mel·qa·ḥa·yim beMelkaChayim bəmelqaḥayim mal·qā·ḥe·hā malkaCheiha malqāḥehā ū·mal·qā·ḥe·hā umalkaCheiha ūmalqāḥehā vehammelkaChayim wə·ham·mel·qa·ḥa·yim wəhammelqaḥayim