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Lexicon :: Strong's H4455 - malqôaḥ

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מַלְקוֹחַ
Transliteration
malqôaḥ
Pronunciation
mal-ko'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1124b,1124c

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְקוֹחַ malqôwach, mal-ko'-akh; from H3947; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil [and captives] (as taken):—booty, jaws, prey.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4455 in the following manner: prey (6x), booty (1x), jaw (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4455 in the following manner: prey (6x), booty (1x), jaw (1x).

  1. booty, prey

  2. jaw

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְקוֹחַ malqôwach, mal-ko'-akh; from H3947; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil [and captives] (as taken):—booty, jaws, prey.
STRONGS H4455: Abbreviations
† I. מַלְקוֺחַ noun masculineIsaiah 49:25 booty, prey (compare לָקַח 9); — הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֺר מ׳ Isaiah 49:24 (|| שְׁבִי), compare Isaiah 49:25 (|| id.); Numbers 31:26 (|| id.), Numbers 31:11 (|| שָׁלָל), Numbers 31:12 (|| id. + שְׁבִי, i.e. here, only, distinguished from captives), Numbers 31:32 (|| יֶתֶר הַבָּ֔ז), Numbers 31:27.

† II. [מַלְקוֺחַ] noun [masculine] jaw (as taking, seizing food); — dual suffix וּלְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י Psalm 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

31:11; 31:12; 31:26; 31:27; 31:32

Psalms

22:16

Isaiah

49:24; 49:25; 49:25

H4455

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4455 matches the Hebrew מַלְקוֹחַ (malqôaḥ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:11 - and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - Then they brought the captives and the plunder and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - “Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:24 - Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant[fn] be rescued?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:25 - For thus says the LORD:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
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