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Lexicon :: Strong's H4399 - mᵊlā'ḵâ

Aa
מְלָאכָה
Transliteration
mᵊlā'ḵâ
Pronunciation
mel-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as מַלְאָךְ (H4397)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1068b

Strong’s Definitions

מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'; from the same as H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor):—business, cattle, industrious, occupation, ( -pied), officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H4399 in the following manner: work (129x), business (12x), workmen (with H6213) (7x), workmanship (5x), goods (2x), cattle (1x), stuff (1x), thing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H4399 in the following manner: work (129x), business (12x), workmen (with H6213) (7x), workmanship (5x), goods (2x), cattle (1x), stuff (1x), thing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. occupation, work, business

    1. occupation, business

    2. property

    3. work (something done or made)

    4. workmanship

    5. service, use

    6. public business

      1. political

      2. religious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'; from the same as H4397; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor):—business, cattle, industrious, occupation, ( -pied), officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
STRONGS H4399: Abbreviations
מְלָאכָה 167 noun feminine occupation, work (for *מַלְאָכָה; compare Phoenician מלאכת labour) — מ׳ Exodus 12:16 102 times; מְלָ֑אכֶת 2 Chronicles 13:10; construct מְלֶאכֶת Exodus 35:24 + 42 times; suffix מְלַאכְתְּךָ Jonah 1:8; מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 20:9 + 2 times; מְלַאכְתּוֺ Genesis 2:2 + 13 times; plural construct מַלְאֲכוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:19; suffix מַלְאֲכוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 73:28; —
1. occupation, business, מַה מְּלַאכְתְּךָ what is thy occupation Jonah 1:8; business of a steward Genesis 39:11 (J); diligent in business Proverbs 22:29; slack in business Proverbs 18:9.
2. property in which one is occupied, רעהוּ מ׳ his neighbour's property Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:10 (E); possessions of herds and flocks Genesis 33:14 (J), 1 Samuel 15:9 (compare מִקְנֶה); רבה מ׳ great property 2 Chronicles 17:13.
3. work as something done or made:
a. of God in creation Genesis 2:2 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:3 (P), in judgment Jeremiah 50:25, in general Psalm 73:28.
b. of men, עור מ׳ leather-work Leviticus 13:48, 51 (P), השׂדה מ׳ work in the field 1 Chronicles 27:26; in building Proverbs 24:27 +, the walls of Jerusalem Nehemiah 4:5 +, making the tabernacle and its furniture Exodus 36:2 +, the temple 1 Kings 5:30 +; work of the potter Jeremiah 18:3, of the seaman Psalm 107:23, of the Levites 1 Chronicles 26:29, of priests in the sacrifices 2 Chronicles 29:34; † מְלָאכֶת (ה)עֲבֹדָה phrase of P, Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1, 3; Leviticus 23:7, 8, 21, 25, 35, 36; Numbers 28:18, 25, 26; Numbers 29:1, 12, 35 also 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 28:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; לעבדה המ׳ 1 Chronicles 23:24; עבדה למ׳ Exodus 36:5 (P); compare the phrase עֹשֵׂה המ׳ workmen Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 2:16; עֹשִׂים במ׳ 1 Kings 5:30; 1 Kings 9:23 +; כל מ׳ any work forbidden on the Sabbath Exodus 20:9, 10; Leviticus 23:3 (P) Deuteronomy 5:13, 14; Jeremiah 17:22, 24; on holy convocations Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 23:28, 30, 31; Numbers 29:7 (P).
† 4. workmanship, כל מלאכה in every kind of workmanship, phrase of P: Exodus 31:3, 5; Exodus 35:29, 31, 33, 35; and Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 22:15; 1 Chronicles 28:21; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 1 Kings 7:14.
† 6. public business:
b. religious, putting away foreign wives Ezra 10:13; יהוה מ׳ 1 Chronicles 26:30; הַקֹּדֶשׁ מ׳ Exodus 36:4; Exodus 38:24 (P), קדשׁ הקדשׁים מ׳ 1 Chronicles 6:34; אהל מ׳ מועד Exodus 35:21 (P), בית י׳ מ׳ 1 Chronicles 23:4; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 11:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:2; 2:2; 2:3; 33:14; 39:11

Exodus

12:1; 12:16; 12:16; 20:9; 20:9; 20:10; 22:7; 22:10; 31:3; 31:5; 35:21; 35:24; 35:24; 35:29; 35:31; 35:33; 35:35; 36:1; 36:2; 36:3; 36:4; 36:5; 38:24

Leviticus

7:24; 11:32; 13:48; 13:51; 16:29; 23:3; 23:7; 23:8; 23:21; 23:25; 23:28; 23:30; 23:31; 23:35; 23:36

Numbers

28:18; 28:25; 28:26; 29:1; 29:7; 29:12; 29:35

Deuteronomy

5:13; 5:14

Judges

16:11

1 Samuel

15:9

1 Kings

7:14; 9:23; 11:28

1 Chronicles

6:34; 9:13; 9:19; 22:15; 23:4; 23:24; 26:29; 26:30; 27:26; 28:13; 28:19; 28:20; 28:21; 29:5; 29:6

2 Chronicles

13:10; 17:13; 24:12; 29:34

Ezra

3:8; 3:9; 6:22; 10:13

Nehemiah

2:16; 4:5; 10:34; 11:22

Esther

3:9; 9:3

Psalms

73:28; 73:28; 107:23

Proverbs

18:9; 22:29; 24:27

Jeremiah

17:22; 17:24; 18:3; 50:25

Ezekiel

28:13

Daniel

8:27

Jonah

1:8; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4399 matches the Hebrew מְלָאכָה (mᵊlā'ḵâ),
which occurs 167 times in 149 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 2:2–Num 28:26)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:2 - By the seventh H7637 day H3117 God H430 completed H3615 His work H4399 which H834 He had done H6213, and He rested H7673 on the seventh H7637 day H3117 from all H3605 His work H4399 which H834 He had done H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - Then God H430 blessed H1288 the seventh H7637 day H3117 and sanctified H6942 it, because H3588 on it He rested H7673 from all H3605 His work H4399 which H834 God H430 had created H1254 [fn]and made H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - “Please H4994 let my lord H113 pass H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of his servant H5650, and I will proceed H5095 at my leisure H328, at the pace H7272 of the cattle H4399 that are ahead H6440 of me and at the pace H7272 of the children H3206, until H5704 H834 I come H935 to my lord H113 at Seir H8165.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - Now it happened H1961 [fn]one H2088 day H3117 that he went H935 into the house H1004 to do H6213 his work H4399, and none H369 H376 of the people H376 of the household H1004 was there H8033 inside H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - ‘And on the first H7223 day H3117 you shall have a holy H6944 assembly H4744, and another holy H6944 assembly H4744 on the seventh H7637 day H3117; no H3808 work H4399 at all H3605 shall be done H6213 on them, except H389 for what H834 must be eaten H398 by every H3605 person H5315—that alone H905 may be [fn]prepared H6213 by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - “For six H8337 days H3117 you shall labor H5647 and do H6213 all H3605 your work H4399,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a Sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 your God H430; on it you shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399, you, or your son H1121, or your daughter H1323, your male H5650 slave H5650 or your female H519 slave H519, or your cattle H929, or your [fn]resident H1616 who H834 [fn]stays with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - “If H518 the thief H1590 is not [fn]caught H4672, then the owner H1167 of the house H1004 shall [fn]appear H7126 before H413 [fn]the judges H430, to determine whether H518 H3808 he [fn]laid H7971 his hands H3027 on his neighbor’s H7453 property H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - an oath H7621 before the LORD H3068 shall be [fn]taken H1961 by the two H8147 of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid H7971 a hand H3027 on his neighbor’s H7453 property H4399; and its owner H1167 shall accept H3947 it, and he shall not be compelled to make H7999 restitution H7999.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:3 - “And I have filled H4390 him with the Spirit H7307 of God H430 in wisdom H2451, in understanding H8394, in knowledge H1847, and in all H3605 kinds of [fn]craftsmanship H4399,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5 - and in the cutting H2799 of stones H68 [fn]for settings H4390, and in the carving H2799 of wood H6086, so that he may work H6213 in all H3605 kinds of [fn]craftsmanship H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - ‘Therefore you are to keep H8104 the Sabbath H7676, for it is holy H6944 to you. Everyone who profanes H2490 it must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; for whoever H3605 does H6213 any work H4399 on it, that person H5315 shall be cut H3772 off H3772 from among H7130 his people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - ‘For six H8337 days H3117 work H4399 may be done H6213, but on the seventh H7637 day H3117 there is a Sabbath H7676 of complete H7677 rest H7677, holy H6944 to the LORD H3068; whoever H3605 does H6213 any work H4399 on the Sabbath H7676 day H3117 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 -

“For six H8337 days H3117 work H4399 may be done H6213, but on the seventh H7637 day H3117 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 day, a Sabbath H7676 of complete H7677 rest H7677 to the LORD H3068; whoever H3605 does H6213 any work H4399 on it shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - And everyone H3605 H376 whose H834 heart H3820 [fn]stirred H5375 him and everyone H3605 whose H834 spirit H7307 [fn]moved H5068 him came H935 and brought H935 the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641 for the work H4399 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and for all H3605 its service H5656, and for the holy H6944 garments H899.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone H3605 who could make H7311 a [fn]contribution H8641 of silver H3701 and [fn]bronze H5178 brought H935 the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641; and everyone H3605 [fn]who H834 was H4672 H854 in H4672 H854 possession H4672 H854 of acacia H7848 wood H6086 for any H3605 work H4399 of the service H5656 brought H935 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - The [fn]Israelites H3478 H1121, all H3605 the men H376 and women H802, whose H834 heart H3820 [fn]moved H5068 them to bring H935 material for all H3605 the work H4399, which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 through H3027 Moses H4872 to be done H6213, brought H935 a [fn]voluntary H5071 offering H5071 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:31 - “And He has filled H4390 him with the Spirit H7307 of God H430, in wisdom H2451, in understanding H8394, in knowledge H1847, and in all H3605 [fn]craftsmanship H4399;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - and in the cutting H2799 of stones H68 for settings H4390 and in the carving H2799 of wood H6086, so as to perform H6213 in every H3605 inventive H4284 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled H4390 them with [fn]skill H2451 H3820 to perform H6213 every H3605 work H4399 of an engraver H2796, of a designer H2803, and of an embroiderer H7551, in violet H8504, purple H713, and in scarlet H8144 material, and in fine H8336 linen H8336, and of a weaver H707, as performers H6213 of every H3605 work H4399 and makers H2803 of designs H4284.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 -

“Now Bezalel H1212, Oholiab H171, and every H3605 [fn]skillful H2450 H3820 person H376 in whom H834 the LORD H3068 has put H5414 [fn]skill H2451 and understanding H8394 to know H3045 how to perform H6213 all H3605 the work H4399 [fn]in the construction H5656 of the sanctuary H6944, shall perform H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 -

Then Moses H4872 called H7121 Bezalel H1212, Oholiab H171, and every H3605 [fn]skillful H2450 H3820 person H376 in [fn]whom H834 the LORD H3068 had put H5414 [fn]skill H2451, everyone H3605 whose H834 heart H3820 stirred H5375 him, to come H7126 to the work H4399 to perform H6213 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - They received H3947 from Moses H4872 every H3605 [fn]contribution H8641 which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had brought H935 to perform H6213 [fn]the work H4399 [fn]in the construction H5656 of the sanctuary H6944. And they still H5750 continued bringing H935 to him [fn]voluntary H5071 offerings H5071 every H1242 morning H1242.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - And all H3605 the [fn]skillful H2450 people H2450 who were performing H6213 all H3605 the work H4399 of the sanctuary H6944 came H935, each H376 from [fn]the work H4399 which H834 they were performing H6213,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - and they said H559 to [fn]Moses H4872, “The people H5971 are bringing H935 much H7235 more H7235 than H4480 enough H1767 for the [fn]construction H5656 work H5656 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 us to [fn]perform H6213.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses H4872 issued H6680 a H6680 command H6680, and circulated H5674 a [fn]proclamation H6963 throughout the camp H4264, saying H559, “No H408 man H376 or woman H802 is to perform H6213 work H4399 any H5750 longer H5750 for the [fn]contributions H8641 of the sanctuary H6944.” So the people H5971 were restrained H3607 from bringing H935 any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - For the [fn]material H4399 they had H1961 was sufficient H1767 and more H3498 than H3498 enough H3498 for all H3605 the work H4399, to perform H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 -

All H3605 the [fn]skillful H2450 H3820 people H2450 among those who were performing H6213 the work H4399 made H6213 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 with ten H6235 curtains H3407; of fine H8336 twisted H7806 linen H8336 and [fn]violet H8504, purple H713, and scarlet H8144 material, with cherubim H3742, the work H4639 of a skilled H2803 embroiderer H2803, [fn]Bezalel made H6213 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 -

All H3605 the gold H2091 that was used H6213 for the work H4399, in all H3605 the work H4399 of the sanctuary H6944, [fn]which was the gold H2091 of the wave H8573 offering H8573, was twenty-nine H8672 H6242 [fn]talents H3603 and 730 H7651 H3967 H7970 [fn]shekels H8255, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:43 - And Moses H4872 [fn]examined H7200 all H3605 the work H4399, and behold H2009, they had done H6213 it; just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680, this H3651 they had done H6213. So Moses H4872 blessed H1288 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - And he erected H6965 the courtyard H2691 all H5439 around H5439 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and the altar H4196, and [fn]hung H5414 up H5414 the curtain H4539 for the gate H8179 of the courtyard H2691. So Moses H4872 finished H3615 the work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - ‘Also the fat H2459 of an animal which H5038 dies H5038 and the fat H2459 of an animal H2966 torn H2966 by animals may be put H6213 to any H3605 other use H4399, but you certainly H398 are not to eat H398 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Also anything H3605 on which H834 one of them may fall H5307 when they are dead H4194 becomes H2930 unclean H2930, including H4480 any H3605 wooden H6086 article H3627, or H176 clothing H899, or H176 a hide H5785, or H176 a sack H8242—any H3605 article H3627 [fn]of which H834 use H4399 is made H6213—it shall be put H935 in the water H4325 and be H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153, then it becomes H2891 clean H2891.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:48 - whether H176 in [fn]warp H8359 or H176 [fn]woof H6154, of linen H6593 or H176 of wool H6785, whether H176 in leather H5785 or H176 in any H3605 article H4399 made H4399 of leather H5785,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - “He shall then look H7200 at the mark H5061 on the seventh H7637 day H3117; if H3588 the mark H5061 has spread H6581 in the garment H899, whether H176 in the [fn]warp H8359 or H176 in the woof H6154, or H176 in the leather H5785, whatever H834 H3605 the purpose H4399 for which H834 the leather H5785 is used H6213, the mark H5061 is a [fn]leprous H6883 malignancy H3992, it is unclean H2931.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 -

This shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 for you: in the seventh H7637 month H2320, on the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320, you shall humble H6031 [fn]yourselves H5315 and not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399, whether the native H249, or the stranger H1616 who resides H1481 among H8432 you;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 -

‘For six H8337 days H3117 work H4399 may be done H6213, but on the seventh H7637 day H3117 there is a Sabbath H7676 of complete H7677 rest H7677, a holy H6944 convocation H4744. You shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399; it is a Sabbath H7676 to the LORD H3068 in all H3605 your dwellings H4186.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - ‘On the first H7223 day H3117 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 convocation H4744; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - ‘But for seven H7651 days H3117 you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068. On the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a holy H6944 convocation H4744; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - ‘On this H2088 very H6106 day H3117 you shall make H7121 a H7121 proclamation H7121 as well; you are to have H1961 a holy H6944 convocation H4744. You shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399. It is to be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 in all H3605 your dwelling H4186 places H4186 throughout your generations H1755.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - ‘You shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399, but you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - “You shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399 on this H2088 very H6106 day H3117, for it is a Day H3117 of Atonement H3725, to make H3722 atonement H3722 on H5921 your behalf H5921 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30 - “As for any H3605 person H5315 who H834 does H6213 any H3605 work H4399 on this H2088 very H6106 day H3117, that person H5315 I will eliminate H6 from among H7130 his people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - “You shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399. It is to be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 throughout your generations H1755 in all H3605 your dwelling H4186 places H4186.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - ‘On the first H7223 day H3117 is a holy H6944 convocation H4744; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - ‘For seven H7651 days H3117 you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068. On the eighth H8066 day H3117 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 convocation H4744 and present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068; it is an assembly H6116. You shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121, everyone H3605 who can enter H935 the service H6635 of ministry to do H6213 work H4399 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - ‘On the first H7223 day H3117 there shall be a holy H6944 assembly H4744; you shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - ‘On the seventh H7637 day H3117 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 assembly H4744; you shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 -

‘Also on the day H3117 of the first H1061 fruits H1061, when you present H7126 a new H2319 grain offering H4503 to the LORD H3068 in your Feast of Weeks H7620, you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 assembly H4744; you shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.


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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan