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Lexicon :: Strong's H4457 - malqāḥayim

Aa
מַלְקָחַיִם
Transliteration
malqāḥayim
Pronunciation
mel-kawkh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1124d

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מלקחים (Gesenius) מלקח (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלְקָח melqâch, mel-kawkh'; or מַלְקָח malqâch; from H3947; (only in dual) tweezers:—snuffers, tongs.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4457 in the following manner: tongs (5x), snuffers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4457 in the following manner: tongs (5x), snuffers (1x).

  1. snuffers, tongs

    1. tongs (for altar use)

    2. snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלְקָח melqâch, mel-kawkh'; or מַלְקָח malqâch; from H3947; (only in dual) tweezers:—snuffers, tongs.
STRONGS H4457: Abbreviations
† 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:38; 37:23

Numbers

4:9

1 Kings

7:49

2 Chronicles

4:21

Isaiah

6:6

H4457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4457 matches the Hebrew מַלְקָחַיִם (malqāḥayim),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38 - “Its tongs H4457 and its trays H4289 shall be of pure H2889 gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he made H6213 its seven H7651 lamps H5216 with its tongs H4457 and its trays H4289 of pure H2889 gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take H3947 a violet H8504 cloth H899 and cover H3680 the lampstand H4501 for the light H3974, along with its lamps H5216, its tongs H4457, its trays H4289, and all H3605 its oil H8081 containers H3627, by which H834 they attend H8334 to it;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - and the lampstands H4501 of pure H5458 gold H2091, five H2568 on the right H3225 side H3225 and five H2568 on the left H8040, in front H6440 of the inner H1687 sanctuary H1687; and the flowers H6525, the lamps H5216, and the tongs H4457, of gold H2091;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - the flowers H6525, the lamps H5216, and the tongs H4457 of gold H2091, that is, of purest H4357 gold H2091;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 -

Then one H259 of the seraphim H8314 flew H5774 to me with a burning H7531 coal H7531 in his hand H3027, which he had taken H3947 from the altar H4196 with tongs H4457.

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