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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.
† 5. service, use Leviticus 7:24; Leviticus 11:32; Judges 16:11; Ezekiel 28:13.
† 6. public business:
a. political 1 Kings 11:28; 1 Chronicles 29:6; Daniel 8:27; Esther 3:9; Esther 9:3.
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H4399

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

Page 2 / 3 (Num 29:1–2Ch 24:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - ‘And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 - ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35 - ‘On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:13 - Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:8 - “Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly to the LORD your God. You shall do no work on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - So he said to her, “If they bind me securely with new ropes that have never been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - “And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men,[fn] and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - besides three thousand three hundred[fn] from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:22 - The tops of the pillars were in the shape of lilies. So the work of the pillars was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:40 - Huram[fn] made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing all the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - So all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and the furnishings. He put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon’s work: five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, made him the officer over all the labor force of the house of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:14 - But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the LORD with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:15 - Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:5 - “And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the LORD; let them give it to those who are in the house of the LORD doing the work, to repair the damages of the house—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - So Shaphan the scribe went to the king, bringing the king word, saying, “Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who do the work, who oversee the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim[fn] and Gederah;[fn] there they dwelt with the king for his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 - But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses—one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - These are the singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance: woodsmen and stonecutters, and all types of skillful men for every kind of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons performed duties as officials and judges over Israel outside Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tilling the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - also for the division of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:19 - “All this,” said David, “the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God—my God—will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - “Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing craftsman will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the leaders and all the people will be completely at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the temple[fn] is not for man but for the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - “the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is willing to consecrate himself this day to the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the leaders of the fathers’ houses, leaders of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s work, offered willingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - Then Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the LORD was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had dedicated: the silver and the gold and all the furnishings. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - But Solomon did not make the children of Israel servants for his work. Some were men of war, captains of his officers, captains of his chariots, and his cavalry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:16 - Now all the work of Solomon was well-ordered from[fn] the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests who minister to the LORD are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah and ceased his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:13 - He had much property in the cities of Judah; and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to restore the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:13 - So the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it.

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