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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4457 - מַלְקָח
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- snuffers, tongs
- tongs (for altar use)
- snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)
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this Strong's Number
2319) hql (לקהה LQHh) AC: Take CO: Tong AB: ?: [from: ql- gathering]
V) hql (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)
Nm) hql (לקהה LQHh) - Learning: In the sense of being received. KJV (9): doctrine, learning speech - Strongs: H3948 (לֶקַח)
am) hqlm (מלקהה MLQHh) - Tong: A tool for taking coals out of the fire. KJV (6): tong, snuffer - Strongs: H4457 (מַלְקָח)
acm) hfqlm (מלקוהה MLQWHh) - I. Jaw:As tongs for taking food. II. Prey:What is taken. KJV (8): prey, booty, jaw - Strongs: H4455 (מַלְקוֹחַיִם)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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).
