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Lexicon :: Strong's H4399 - mᵊlā'ḵâ

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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)
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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.
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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 1 / 3 (Gen 2:2–Num 28:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:2 - On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Se`ir."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - It happened about this time, that he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a Shabbat to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - the oath of the LORD shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:3 - and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5 - and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - You shall keep the Shabbat therefore; for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Shabbat of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the day of Shabbat shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Shabbat of solemn rest to the LORD: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought the LORD's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD's offering; and everyone, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - The children of Yisra'el brought a freewill offering to the LORD; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:31 - He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - "Betzal'el and Oholi'av shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD has commanded."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - Moshe called Betzal'el and Oholi'av, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - and they received from Moshe all the offering which the children of Yisra'el had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill-offerings every morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - They spoke to Moshe, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - Moshe gave mitzvah, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with Keruvim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:43 - Moshe saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moshe blessed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - He raised up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moshe finished the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:48 - whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - "It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the native-born, or the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Shabbat of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Shabbat to the LORD in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - You shall do no manner of work in that same day; for it is Yom Kippura day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30 - Whoever it is who does any manner of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - You shall do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal-offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;

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