H4455 - מַלְקוֹחַ (malqôwach)

H4455 מַלְקוֹחַ (malqôwach) mal-ko'-akh

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 3947; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)

KJV Usage: booty, jaws, prey

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַלְקוֹחַ (mal.qo.ach) — prey. booty, prey

מַלְקוֹחַ (mal.qo.ach) — jaw. jaw

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַלְקֹוחַ (H4455a)

noun m · לקח

Possess | ≈ בַּז · שָׁלָל · שְׁבִי

spoil, booty literally: what was taken; hence: = all sorts of goods, taken forcibly from an enemy in war

NUM 31:11 · NUM 31:12 · NUM 31:26 · NUM 31:27 · NUM 31:32 · ISA 49:24 · ISA 49:25

Reinier de Blois

מַלְקֹוחַיִם (H4455b) — מַלְקֹחַיִם

noun m du

jaws exact meaning unsure; possibly: = the upper and lower bony structure of the skull of humans and certain animals that forms the framework of the mouth and holds the teeth

PSA 22:16

¹ PSA 22:16 RSV NRSV ESV "jaws" NJB "jaw" NJPS "palate" NIV GNT CEV "roof of my mouth" REB "gums"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַלְקוֹחַ n.m. booty, prey base

[מַלְקוֹחַ] n.[m.] jaw (as taking, seizing food);—ψ 22:16 ref