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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4455 - מַלְקוֹחַיִם

Transliteration

malqôwach

Phonetics

mal-ko'-akh

Origin

from (H3947)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1124b,1124c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) booty, prey

2) jaw

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2995 ‑ λάρυγξ (lar'‑oongks); 4661 ‑ σκῦλον (skoo'‑lon);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Numbers 5

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

HCS (0)

HCS (6)

Numbers 3

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

BSB (8)

Numbers 5

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

ESV (8)

Numbers 5

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

WEB (8)

Numbers 5

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

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

I. מַלְקוֺחַ noun masculine^{Isaiah 49:25} booty, prey (compare לָקַח

9); — ׳הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֺר מ Isaiah 49:24 ("" שְׁבִי), compare Isaiah 49:25 ("" id.); Numbers 31:26 ("" id.), Numbers 31:11 ("" שָׁלָל), Numbers 31:12 ("" id. + שְׁבִי, i.e. here, only, distinguished from captives), Numbers 31:32 ("" יֶתֶרהַבָּ֔ז), Numbers 31:27.

II. [מַלְקוֺחַ] noun [masculine] jaw (as taking, seizing food); — dual suffix וּלְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י Psalm 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.

List of Word Forms

הַמַּלְק֑וֹחַ הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַ הַמַּלְק֛וֹחַ המלקוח וּמַלְק֥וֹחַ ומלקוח מַלְק֑וֹחַ מַלְק֙וֹחַ֙ מַלְקוֹחָ֑י מלקוח מלקוחי ham·mal·qō·w·aḥ hammalKoach hammalqōwaḥ mal·qō·w·aḥ mal·qō·w·ḥāy malKoach malkoChai malqōwaḥ malqōwḥāy ū·mal·qō·w·aḥ umalKoach ūmalqōwaḥ