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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 3 / 3 (2Ch 29:34–Hag 1:14)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests H3548 were too few, H4592 so that they were unable H3808 H3201 to skin H6584 all H3605 the burnt H5930 offerings; H5930 therefore their brothers H251 the Levites H3881 helped H2388 them until H5704 the work H4399 was completed H3615 and until H5704 the other priests H3548 had consecrated H6942 themselves. For the Levites H3881 were more H4480 [fn]conscientious H3477 H3824 to consecrate H6942 themselves than H4480 the priests. H3548
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:10 - Then they gave H5414 it into the hands H3027 of the workmen H4399 H6213 who had H6485 the oversight H6485 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and the workmen H4399 who H834 were working H6213 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 [fn]used H5414 it to restore H918 and repair H2388 the house. H1004
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - The men H376 did H6213 the work H4399 faithfully H530 with foremen H6485 over H5921 them to supervise: H5329 Jahath H3189 and Obadiah, H5662 the Levites H3881 of the sons H1121 of Merari, H4847 Zechariah H2148 and Meshullam H4918 of the sons H1121 of the Kohathites, H6956 and the Levites, H3881 all H3605 who were skillful H995 with musical H7892 instruments. H3627
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - They were also over H5921 the burden H5449 bearers, H5449 and supervised H5329 all H3605 the workmen H6213 H4399 from job H5656 to job; H5656 and some of the Levites H3881 were scribes H5608 and officials H7860 and gatekeepers. H7778
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:17 - “They have also emptied H5413 out the money H3701 which was found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and have delivered H5414 it into the hands H3027 of the supervisors H6485 and the workmen.” H4399 H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - According to their ability H3581 they gave H5414 to the treasury H214 for the work H4399 61,000 H8337 H7239 H505 gold H2091 drachmas H1871 and 5,000 H2568 H505 silver H3701 minas H4488 and 100 H3967 priestly H3548 [fn]garments. H3801
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 to the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389 in the second H8145 month, H2320 Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597 and Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3087 and the rest H7605 of their brothers H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 and all H3605 who came H935 from the captivity H7628 to Jerusalem, H3389 began H2490 the work and appointed H5975 the Levites H3881 from twenty H6242 years H8141 and older H4605 to oversee H5329 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:9 - Then Jeshua H3091 with his sons H1121 and brothers H251 stood H5975 united H259 with Kadmiel H6934 and his sons, H1121 the sons H1121 of [fn]Judah H3063 and the sons H1121 of Henadad H2582 with their sons H1121 and brothers H251 the Levites, H3881 to oversee H5329 the workmen H4399 in the temple H1004 of God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they observed H6213 the Feast H2282 of Unleavened H4682 Bread H4682 seven H7651 days H3117 with joy, H8057 for the LORD H3068 had caused them to rejoice, H8055 and had turned H5437 the heart H3820 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 toward H5921 them to [fn]encourage H2388 H3027 them in the work H4399 of the house H1004 of God, H430 the God H430 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - “But there are many H7227 people; H5971 it is the rainy H1653 season H6256 and we are not able H3581 to stand H5975 in the open. H2351 Nor H3808 can the task H4399 be done in one H259 or two H8147 days, H3117 for we have transgressed H6586 greatly H7235 in this H2088 matter. H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:16 - The officials H5461 did not know H3045 where H575 I had gone H1980 or what H4100 I had done; H6213 nor H3808 had I as yet H3651 told H5046 the Jews, H3064 the priests, H3548 the nobles, H2715 the officials H5461 or the rest H3499 who did H6213 the work. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - Our enemies H6862 said, H559 “They will not know H3045 or see H7200 until H5704 H834 we come H935 among H413 H8432 them, kill H2026 them and put H7673 a stop H7673 to the work.” H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When H834 our enemies H340 heard H8085 that it was known H3045 to us, and that God H430 had frustrated H6565 their plan, H6098 then all H3605 of us returned H7725 to the wall, H2346 each H376 one H376 to his work. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - From that day H3117 on, half H2677 of my servants H5288 carried H6213 on the work H4399 while half H2677 of them held H2388 the spears, H7420 the shields, H4043 the bows H7198 and the breastplates; H8302 and the captains H8269 were behind H310 the whole H3605 house H1004 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - Those who were rebuilding H1129 the wall H2346 and those who carried H5375 burdens H5447 took H6006 their load H6006 with one H259 hand H3027 doing H6213 the work H4399 and the other H259 holding H2388 a weapon. H7973
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - I said H559 to the nobles, H2715 the officials H5461 and the rest H3499 of the people, H5971 “The work H4399 is great H7235 and extensive, H7342 and we are separated H6504 on the wall H2346 far H7350 from one H376 another. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we carried H6213 on the work H4399 with half H2677 of them holding H2388 spears H7420 from [fn]dawn H5927 H7837 until H5704 the stars H3556 [fn]appeared. H3318
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - At that time H6256 I also H1571 said H559 to the people, H5971 “Let each H376 man H376 with his servant H5288 spend H3885 the night H3885 within H8432 Jerusalem H3389 so that they may be a guard H4929 for us by night H3915 and a laborer H4399 by day.” H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - I also H1571 [fn]applied H2388 myself to the work H4399 on this H2088 wall; H2346 we did not buy H7069 any land, H7704 and all H3605 my servants H5288 were gathered H6908 there H8033 for the work. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - So I sent H7971 messengers H4397 to them, saying, H559 “I am doing H6213 a great H1419 work H4399 and I cannot H3201 H3808 come H3381 down. H3381 Why H4100 should the work H4399 stop H7673 while H834 I leave H7503 it and come H3381 down H3381 to you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - For all H3605 of them were trying to frighten H3372 us, [fn]thinking, H559[fn]They will become H3027 H7503 discouraged H7503 H3027 with the work H4399 and it will not be done.” H6213 But now, H6258 O God, strengthen H2388 my hands. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - When H834 all H3605 our enemies H340 heard H8085 of it, and all H3605 the nations H1471 surrounding H5439 us saw H7200 it, they [fn]lost H5307 their confidence; H5869 for they recognized H3045 that this H2088 work H4399 had been accomplished H6213 [fn]with the help H4480 H854 of our God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - Some H4480 from among the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households gave H5414 to the work. H4399 The [fn]governor H8660 gave H5414 to the treasury H214 1,000 H505 gold H2091 drachmas, H1871 50 H2572 basins, H4219 530 H7970 H2568 H3967 priests’ H3548 garments. H3801
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - Some H4480 of the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households gave H5414 into the treasury H214 of the work H4399 20,000 H8147 H7239 gold H2091 drachmas H1871 and 2,200 H505 H3967 silver H3701 minas. H4488
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - for the showbread, H3899 H4635 for the continual H8548 grain offering, H4503 for the continual H8548 burnt H5930 offering, H5930 the sabbaths, H7676 the new H2320 moon, H2320 for the appointed H4150 times, H4150 for the holy H6944 things H6944 and for the sin H2403 offerings H2403 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel, H3478 and all H3605 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of our God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - and their [fn]kinsmen H251 who performed H6213 the work H4399 of the [fn]temple, H1004 822; H8083 H3967 H6242 H8147 and Adaiah H5718 the son H1121 of Jeroham, H3395 the son H1121 of Pelaliah, H6421 the son H1121 of Amzi, H557 the son H1121 of Zechariah, H2148 the son H1121 of Pashhur, H6583 the son H1121 of Malchijah, H4441
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:16 - and Shabbethai H7678 and Jozabad, H3107 from the [fn]leaders H7218 of the Levites, H3881 who were [fn]in charge H5921 of the outside H2435 work H4399 of the house H1004 of God; H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - Now the overseer H6496 of the Levites H3881 in Jerusalem H3389 was Uzzi H5813 the son H1121 of Bani, H1137 the son H1121 of Hashabiah, H2811 the son H1121 of Mattaniah, H4983 the son H1121 of Mica, H4316 from the sons H1121 of Asaph, H623 who were the singers H7891 for the [fn]service H4399 of the house H1004 of God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 - I also [fn]discovered H3045 that the portions H4521 of the Levites H3881 had not been given H5414 them, so that the Levites H3881 and the singers H7891 who performed H6213 the service H4399 had [fn]gone H1272 away, H1272 each H376 to his own field. H7704
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus I purified H2891 them from everything H3605 foreign H5236 and appointed H5975 duties H4931 for the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 each H376 in his task, H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If H518 it is pleasing H2895 to the king, H4428 let it be [fn]decreed H3789 that they be destroyed, H6 and I will pay H8254 ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 into the hands H3027 of those who carry H6213 on the king’s business, H4399 to put H935 into the king’s treasuries.” H1595
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - Even all H3605 the princes H8269 of the provinces, H4082 the satraps, H323 the governors H6346 and those who were doing H6213 the king’s H4428 business H4399 [fn]assisted H5375 the Jews, H3064 because H3588 the dread H6343 of Mordecai H4782 had fallen H5307 on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But as for me, the nearness H7132 of God H430 is my good; H2896
I have made H7896 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 my refuge, H4268
That I may tell H5608 of all H3605 Your works. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Those who go H3381 down H3381 to the sea H3220 in ships, H591
Who do H6213 business H4399 on great H7227 waters; H4325
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He also H1571 who is slack H7503 in his work H4399
Is brother H251 to him who destroys. H7843
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - Do you see H2372 a man H376 skilled H4106 in his work? H4399
He will stand H3320 before H6440 kings; H4428
He will not stand H3320 before H6440 obscure H2823 men. H2823
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:27 - Prepare H3559 your work H4399 outside H2351
And make H6257 it ready H6257 for yourself in the field; H7704
Afterwards, H310 then, build H1129 your house. H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - “You shall not bring H3318 a load H4853 out of your houses H1004 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 nor H3808 do H6213 any H3605 work, H4399 but keep H6942 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy, H6942 as I commanded H6680 your [fn]forefathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - “But it will come H1961 about, if H518 you listen H8085 attentively H8085 to Me,” declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “to bring H935 no H1115 load H4853 in through the gates H8179 of this H2088 city H5892 on the sabbath H7676 day, H3117 but to keep H6942 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 holy H6942 by doing H6213 no H1115 H3605 work H4399 on it,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:3 - Then I went H3381 down H3381 to the potter’s H3335 house, H1004 and there H2009 he was, making H6213 something H4399 on the [fn]wheel. H70
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - “Cursed H779 be the one who does H6213 the LORDS H3068 work H4399 negligently, H7423
And cursed H779 be the one who restrains H4513 his sword H2719 from blood. H1818
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 - The LORD H3068 has opened H6605 His armory H214
And has brought H3318 forth H3318 the weapons H3627 of His indignation, H2195
For it is a work H4399 of the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts H6635
In the land H776 of the Chaldeans. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3 - “Can wood H6086 be taken H3947 from it to make H6213 [fn]anything, H4399 or H518 can men take H3947 a peg H3489 from it on which to hang H8518 any H3605 vessel? H3627
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - [fn]If H2009 it has been put H5414 into the fire H784 for fuel, H402 and the fire H784 has consumed H398 both H8147 of its ends H7098 and its middle H8432 part H8432 has been H2787 charred, H2787 is it then useful H6743 for [fn]anything? H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:5 - “Behold, H2009 while it is intact, H8549 it is not made H6213 into [fn]anything. H4399 How H637 much H637 less, H637 when H3588 the fire H784 has consumed H398 it and it is charred, H2787 can it still H5750 be made H6213 into [fn]anything! H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - “You were in Eden, H5731 the garden H1588 of God; H430
Every H3605 precious H3368 stone H68 was your covering: H4540
The ruby, H124 the topaz H6357 and the diamond; H3095
The beryl, H8658 the onyx H7718 and the jasper; H3471
The lapis H5601 lazuli, H5601 the turquoise H5306 and the emerald; H1304
And the gold, H2091 the workmanship H4399 of your [fn]settings H8596 and [fn]sockets, H5345
Was in you.
On the day H3117 that you were created H1254
They were prepared. H3559
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:27 - Then I, Daniel, H1840 was [fn]exhausted H1961 and sick H2470 for days. H3117 Then I got H6965 up again and carried H6213 on the king’s H4428 business; H4399 but I was astounded H8074 at the vision, H4758 and there H369 was none H369 to [fn]explain H995 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said H559 to him, “Tell H5046 us, now! H4994 On whose H4310 account has this H2088 calamity H7451 struck us? What H4100 is your occupation? H4399 And where H370 do you come H935 from? What H4100 is your country? H776 From what H335 H2088 people H5971 are you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up the spirit H7307 of Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel, H7597 governor H6346 of Judah, H3063 and the spirit H7307 of Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Jehozadak, H3087 the high H1419 priest, H3548 and the spirit H7307 of all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people; H5971 and they came H935 and worked H6213 on the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 their God, H430

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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.

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Two-Year Plan