Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4455
מַלְקוֹחַ
malqoachmal-ko'-akh
prey; jaw
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: malqôwach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4455is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4455
transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)
The King James renders it: booty, jaws, prey.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
malqoach is rendered "prey; jaw". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Five of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prey".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 31:11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
Numbers 31:11הַמַּלְק֑וֹחַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: prey, and jaw.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| preyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereNumbers 31:11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals. |
| jawStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the booty4
- and booty of1
- booty1
- booty of1
- jaws my1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַלְכוּת | malkuth | royalty | Uses91 |
| מַלְכוּ | malku | kingdom | Uses57 |
| מַלְכָּה | malkah | Queen (of Sheba) | Uses35 |
| מַלְקוֹשׁ | malqosh | spring rain | Uses8 |
| מַלְבּוּשׁ | malbush | garment | Uses8 |
| מַלְבֵּן | malben | brick | Uses3 |
| מַלְאַךְ | malak | angel | Uses2 |
| מַלְכָּא | malka | queen | Uses2 |
| מַלְמָד | malmad | oxgoad | Uses1 |
| מַלְאֲכוּת | malakuth | message | Uses1 |
| מַלְכֹּדֶת | malkodeth | snare | Uses1 |
| מַלְתָּעָה | maltaah | tooth | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַ2
- הַמַּלְק֑וֹחַ1
- הַמַּלְק֛וֹחַ1
- וּמַלְק֥וֹחַ1
- מַלְק֙וֹחַ֙1
- מַלְק֑וֹחַ1
- מַלְקוֹחָ֑י1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmdc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
Numbers
five uses
and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
- הַמַּלְק֑וֹחַhamalkoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the booty
They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- הַמַּלְק֛וֹחַhamalkoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the booty
“You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
- מַלְק֙וֹחַ֙malkoachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: booty of
Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
- הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַhamalkoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the booty
and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
- הַמַּלְק֔וֹחַhamalkoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the booty
Psalms
one use
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- מַלְקוֹחָ֑יmalkochainoun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: jaws my
Isaiah
two uses
Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
- מַלְק֑וֹחַmalkoachnoun · masculine singulartagged: booty
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
- וּמַלְק֥וֹחַumalkoachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and booty of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.