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Lexicon :: Strong's H4457 - malqāḥayim

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מַלְקָחַיִם
Transliteration
malqāḥayim
Pronunciation
mel-kawkh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 Box Exo 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:38 - Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:23 - And he made its seven lamps and its tongs and its trays of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:21 - the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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