מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם

mel.qach · tong

Hebrew · Strong's H4457 · Noun · Sounds like: mel-kawkh' · 6 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or מַלְקָח; from לָקַח; (only in dual) tweezers; snuffers, tongs.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם, [מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]du. tongs, snuffers

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 7:49 וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם ve.ha.mel.ka.Cha.yim · A person, place or thing

    and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;

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