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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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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 - And the tongs thereof, H4457 and the snuffdishes thereof, 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 his H5216➔ seven H7651 lamps, ➔H5216 and his snuffers, H4457 and his snuffdishes, H4289 of pure H2889 gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take H3947 a cloth H899 of blue, H8504 and cover H3680 the candlestick H4501 of the light, H3974 and H853 his lamps, H5216 and H853 his tongs, H4457 and H853 his snuffdishes, H4289 and H853 all H3605 the H3627➔ oil H8081➔ vessels ➔H3627 thereof, ➔H8081 wherewith H834 they minister H8334 unto it:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - And H853 the candlesticks H4501 of H2091➔ pure H5462 gold, ➔H2091 five H2568 on the right H3225 side, and five H2568 on the left, H8040 before H6440 the oracle, H1687 with the flowers, H6525 and the lamps, H5216 and the tongs H4457 of gold, H2091

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - And the flowers, H6525 and the lamps, H5216 and the tongs, H4457 made he of gold, H2091 and that H1931 perfect H4357 gold; H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then flew H5774 one H259 of H4480 the seraphims H8314 unto me, H413 having H3027➔ a live coal H7531 in his hand, ➔H3027 which he had taken H3947 with the tongs H4457 from off H5921 the altar: H4196
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