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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.
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 1 / 3 (Gen 2:2–Num 28:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:2 - conplevitque Deus die septimo opus suum quod fecerat et requievit die septimo ab universo opere quod patrarat

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - et benedixit diei septimo et sanctificavit illum quia in ipso cessaverat ab omni opere suo quod creavit Deus ut faceret

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - praecedat dominus meus ante servum suum et ego sequar paulatim vestigia eius sicut videro posse parvulos meos donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - accidit autem ut quadam die intraret Ioseph domum et operis quippiam absque arbitris faceret

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - dies prima erit sancta atque sollemnis et dies septima eadem festivitate venerabilis nihil operis facietis in eis exceptis his quae ad vescendum pertinent

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - sex diebus operaberis et facies omnia opera tua

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - septimo autem die sabbati Domini Dei tui non facies omne opus tu et filius tuus et filia tua servus tuus et ancilla tua iumentum tuum et advena qui est intra portas tuas

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - si latet dominus domus adplicabitur ad deos et iurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - iusiurandum erit in medio quod non extenderit manum ad rem proximi sui suscipietque dominus iuramentum et ille reddere non cogetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:3 - et implevi eum spiritu Dei sapientia intellegentia et scientia in omni opere

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5 - marmore et gemmis et diversitate lignorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - custodite sabbatum sanctum est enim vobis qui polluerit illud morte morietur qui fecerit in eo opus peribit anima illius de medio populi sui

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - sex diebus facietis opus in die septimo sabbatum est requies sancta Domino omnis qui fecerit opus in hac die morietur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - sex diebus facietis opus septimus dies erit vobis sanctus sabbatum et requies Domini qui fecerit opus in eo occidetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - egressaque omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel de conspectu Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - si quis habuit hyacinthum purpuram coccumque bis tinctum byssum et pilos caprarum pelles arietum rubricatas et ianthinas

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - aromataque et oleum ad luminaria concinnanda et ad praeparandum unguentum ac thymiama odoris suavissimi conponendum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:31 - dixitque Moses ad filios Israhel ecce vocavit Dominus ex nomine Beselehel filium Uri filii Hur de tribu Iuda

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - ad excogitandum et faciendum opus in auro et argento et aere sculpendisque lapidibus et opere carpentario quicquid fabre adinveniri potest

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - ambos erudivit sapientia ut faciant opera abietarii polymitarii ac plumarii de hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso et texant omnia ac nova quaeque repperiant

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - fecit ergo Beselehel et Hooliab et omnis vir sapiens quibus dedit Dominus sapientiam et intellectum ut scirent fabre operari quae in usus sanctuarii necessaria sunt et quae praecepit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - cumque vocasset eos Moses et omnem eruditum virum cui dederat Deus sapientiam et qui sponte sua obtulerant se ad faciendum opus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - tradidit eis universa donaria filiorum Israhel qui cum instarent operi cotidie mane vota populus offerebat

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - unde artifices venire conpulsi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - dixerunt Mosi plus offert populus quam necessarium est

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - iussit ergo Moses praeconis voce cantari nec vir nec mulier quicquam ultra offerat in opere sanctuarii sicque cessatum est a muneribus offerendis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - eo quod oblata sufficerent et superabundarent

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - feceruntque omnes corde sapientes ad explendum opus tabernaculi cortinas decem de bysso retorta et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto opere vario et arte polymita

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - omne aurum quod expensum est in opere sanctuarii et quod oblatum in donariis viginti novem talentorum fuit et septingentorum triginta siclorum ad mensuram sanctuarii

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:43 - quae postquam Moses cuncta vidit expleta benedixit eis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - [Vulgate 40:31] erexit et atrium per gyrum tabernaculi et altaris ducto in introitu eius tentorio postquam cuncta perfecta sunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:24 - adipem cadaveris morticini et eius animalis quod a bestia captum est habebitis in usus varios

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - et super quod ceciderit quicquam de morticinis eorum polluetur tam vas ligneum et vestimentum quam pelles et cilicia et in quocumque fit opus tinguentur aqua et polluta erunt usque ad vesperum et sic postea mundabuntur

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:48 - in stamine atque subtemine aut certe pellis vel quicquid ex pelle confectum est

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - et die septimo rursus aspiciens si crevisse deprehenderit lepra perseverans est pollutum iudicabit vestimentum et omne in quo fuerit inventa

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - eritque hoc vobis legitimum sempiternum mense septimo decima die mensis adfligetis animas vestras nullumque facietis opus sive indigena sive advena qui peregrinatur inter vos

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - sex diebus facietis opus dies septimus quia sabbati requies est vocabitur sanctus omne opus non facietis in eo sabbatum Domini est in cunctis habitationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - dies primus erit vobis celeberrimus sanctusque omne opus servile non facietis in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - sed offeretis sacrificium in igne Domino septem diebus dies autem septimus erit celebrior et sanctior nullumque servile opus fiet in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - et vocabitis hunc diem celeberrimum atque sanctissimum omne opus servile non facietis in eo legitimum sempiternum erit in cunctis habitaculis et generationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - omne opus servile non facietis in eo et offeretis holocaustum Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - omne opus non facietis in tempore diei huius quia dies propitiationis est ut propitietur vobis Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30 - et quae operis quippiam fecerit delebo eam de populo suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - nihil ergo operis facietis in eo legitimum sempiternum erit vobis in cunctis generationibus et habitationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - dies primus vocabitur celeberrimus atque sanctissimus omne opus servile non facietis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - et septem diebus offeretis holocausta Domino dies quoque octavus erit celeberrimus atque sanctissimus et offeretis holocaustum Domino est enim coetus atque collectae omne opus servile non facietis in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - a tricesimo anno et supra usque ad quinquagesimum annum omnium qui ingrediuntur ut stent et ministrent in tabernaculo foederis

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - quarum dies prima venerabilis et sancta erit omne opus servile non facietis in ea

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - dies quoque septimus celeberrimus et sanctus erit vobis omne opus servile non facietis in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - dies etiam primitivorum quando offertis novas fruges Domino expletis ebdomadibus venerabilis et sancta erit omne opus servile non facietis in ea

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