מְלָאכָה
Strong's H4399
mᵉlâʼkâh
/mel-aw-kaw'/
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Quick Facts
- Strong's Number
- H4399
- Hebrew
- מְלָאכָה
- Transliteration
- mᵉlâʼkâh
- Pronunciation
- /mel-aw-kaw'/
- KJV Translations
- 10 distinct renderings
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
Definition & Etymology
Full 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);H4397 (mălʼâk)
KJV Translation Breakdown
This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:
business[phrase] cattle[phrase] industriousoccupation([phrase] -pied)[phrase] officerthing (made)use(manner of) work((-man)-manship)
Related Hebrew Words
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