H4457 · מֶלְקָח
melqâch · mel-kawkh' · tongs
H4457 (melqâch, pronounced mel-kawkh') is the Hebrew word מֶלְקָח in Strong’s dictionary: (only in dual) tweezers. It appears 6 times in 6 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מֶלְקָח (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- melqâch
- Pronunciation
- mel-kawkh'
- Derivation
- or מַלְקָח; from H3947 (לָקַח);
- Definition
- (only in dual) tweezers
- Rendered in the KJV
- snuffers, tongs.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
6 occurrences in 6 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “and tongs” ×2
- “The wick trimmers” ×1
- “its wick trimmers” ×1
- “wick trimmers” ×1
- “with tongs” ×1
By book
Exodus 2 · Numbers 1 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Isaiah 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4457.