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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 3 / 3 (2Ch 29:34–Hag 1:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work H4399 was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:10 - And they put it in the hand of the workmen H4399 that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen H4399 that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work H4399 faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work H4399 in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:17 - And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:69

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work H4399 threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work H4399 of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:9 - Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen H4399 in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work H4399 of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work H4399 of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:16 - And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work H4399 to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, H4399 and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, H4399 and with the other hand held a weapon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work H4399 is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we laboured in the work: H4399 and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:22 - Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour H4399 on the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - Yea, also I continued in the work H4399 of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, H4399 so that I cannot come down: why should the work H4399 cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, H4399 that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work H4399 was wrought of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. H4399 The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:71

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work H4399 twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work H4399 of the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - And their brethren that did the work H4399 of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:16 - And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business H4399 of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business H4399 of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 - And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, H4399 were fled every one to his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, H4399 to bring it into the king's treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers H4399 of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business H4399 in great waters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He also that is slothful in his work H4399 is brother to him that is a great waster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? H4399 he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:27 - Prepare thy work H4399 without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:22 - Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, H4399 but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work H4399 therein;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:3 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work H4399 on the wheels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - Cursed be he that doeth the work H4399 of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 - The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work H4399 of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3 - Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? H4399 or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:5 - Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: H4399 how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, H4399 when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship H4399 of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:27 - And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; H4399 and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? H4399 and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work H4399 in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

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