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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 in 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 before H6440 his servant, H5650 and I will proceed H5095 at my leisure, H328 according to the pace H7272 of the cattle H4399 that are before H6440 me and according to 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 men H376 of the household H1004 was there H8033 inside. H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - ‘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 what H834 must be eaten H398 [fn]by every H3605 person, H5315 that alone H905 may be [fn]prepared H6213 by you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - “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 in it you shall not do H6213 any H3605 work, H4399 you or your son H1121 or your daughter, H1323 your male H5650 or your female H519 servant H5650 H519 or your cattle H929 or your sojourner 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 made H1961 by the two H8147 of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid H7971 hands H3027 on his neighbor’s H7453 property; H4399 and its owner H1167 shall accept H3947 it, and he shall not make H7999 restitution. H7999
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:3 - “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 that he may work H6213 in all H3605 kinds of [fn]craftsmanship. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - ‘Therefore you are to observe H8104 the sabbath, H7676 for it is holy H6944 to you. Everyone who profanes H2490 it shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death; H4191 for whoever H3605 does H6213 any H3605 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 H3605 work H4399 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to 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 death. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - 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 LORDS 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 LORDS H3068 [fn]contribution; H8641 and every H3605 man [fn]who H834 had H4672 in his possession H854 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 freewill 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 and 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 and of a designer H2803 and of an embroiderer, H7551 in [fn]blue H8504 and in 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 and 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 all H3605 that the LORD H3068 has commanded.” H6680
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - Then Moses H4872 called H7121 Bezalel H1212 and 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 all H3605 the [fn]contributions H8641 which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had brought H935 [fn]to perform H6213 the work H4399 [fn]in the construction H5656 of the sanctuary. H6944 And they still H5750 continued bringing H935 to him freewill H5071 offerings H5071 every H1242 morning. H1242
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - And all H3605 the [fn]skillful H2450 men 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 [fn]he was 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 command, H6680 and a [fn]proclamation H6963 was circulated H5674 throughout the camp, H4264 saying, H559 “Let no H408 man H376 or H408 woman H802 any H5750 longer H5750 perform H6213 work H4399 for the [fn]contributions H8641 of the sanctuary.” H6944 Thus 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 men H2450 H3820 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]blue H8504 and purple H713 and scarlet H8144 material, with cherubim, H3742 the work H4639 of a skillful H2803 workman, 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 even the gold H2091 of the wave H8573 offering, H8573 was 29 H8672 H6242 talents H3603 and 730 H7651 H3967 H7970 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 the LORD H3068 had commanded, H6680 this H3651 they had done. H6213 So Moses H4872 blessed H1288 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - He erected H6965 the court H2691 all H5439 around H5439 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 and the altar, H4196 and [fn]hung H5414 up the veil H4539 for the gateway H8179 of the court. H2691 Thus Moses H4872 finished H3615 the work. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - ‘Also the fat H2459 of an animal which dies H5038 and the fat H2459 of an animal H2966 torn H2966 by beasts may be put H6213 to any H3605 other use, H4399 but you must certainly H398 not 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 skin, 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 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 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 warp H8359 or H176 in the woof, H6154 or H176 in the leather, H5785 whatever H3605 the purpose H4399 for which H834 the leather H5785 is used, H4399 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 your souls H5315 and not do H6213 any H3605 work, H4399 whether the native, H249 or the alien H1616 who sojourns 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 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 same H6106 day H3117 you shall make H7121 a 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 perpetual 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 fire H801 to the LORD.’” H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - “You shall not do H6213 any H3605 work H4399 on this H2088 same H6106 day, H3117 for it is a day H3117 of atonement, H3725 to make H3722 atonement H3722 on 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 same H6106 day, H3117 that person H5315 I will destroy H6 from among H7130 his people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - “You shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 work H4399 at all. H3605 It is to be a perpetual 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 do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399 of any H3605 kind.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - ‘For seven H7651 days H3117 you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by 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 fire H801 to the LORD; H3068 it is an assembly. H6116 You shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 and upward, H4605 even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old, H1121 all H3605 who enter H935 the service H6635 to do H6213 the work H4399 in the tent H168 of meeting. H4150
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - ‘On the first H7223 day H3117 shall be a holy H6944 convocation; 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 convocation; 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 convocation; H4744 you shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work. H4399

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