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H4399 מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh) mel-aw-kaw'
Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

work

Strong's Definition

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Derivation: from the same as H4397 (מֲלְאָךְ);

KJV Usage: business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

TWOT Reference: 1068b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) occupation, work, business
1a) occupation, business
1b) property
1c) work (something done or made)
1d) workmanship
1e) service, use
1f) public business
1f1) political
1f2) religious

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) occupation, work, business 1a) occupation, business 1b) property 1c) work (something done or made) 1d) workmanship 1e) service, use 1f) public business 1f1) political 1f2) religious

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְלָאכָה melâkâh BDB Definition: 1) occupation, work, business 1a) occupation, business 1b) property 1c) work (something done or made) 1d) workmanship 1e) service, use 1f) public business 1f1) political 1f2) religious Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H4397 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1068b Total KJV Occurrences: 168

Bible Occurrences (149)

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