Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4457
מֶלְקָח
melqachmel-kawkh'
tong
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: melqâch
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4457is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4457
(only in dual) tweezers
The King James renders it: snuffers, tongs.
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
melqach is rendered "tong". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 25:38The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
Exodus 25:38וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and the tongs2
- and tongs its2
- tongs its1
- with tongs1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֶלְצָר | meltsar | `steward` | Uses2 |
| מֶלְתָּחָה | meltachah | apparel | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם2
- וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ2
- בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִם1
- מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָ1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HC/Ncmdc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dual2HC/Td/Ncmda
- noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmdc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine dual1HR/Ncmda
Exodus
two uses
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
- וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָumalkacheihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and tongs its
He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
- וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָumalkacheihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and tongs its
Numbers
one use
They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.
- מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָmalkacheihanoun · masculine dual · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: tongs its
1 Kings
one use
the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;
- וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִםvehamelkachayimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dualtagged: and the tongs
2 Chronicles
one use
the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
- וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִםvehamelkachayimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dualtagged: and the tongs
Isaiah
one use
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
- בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִםbemelkachayimpreposition + noun · masculine dualtagged: with tongs
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.