Strong's Lexicon

H4399

H4399 — מְלָאכָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmla'kahnoun femOccurrences: 167TWOT: 1068b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4399
Word:מְלָאכָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from the same as H4397
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:167
Transliteration:mla'kah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mel-aw-kaw'
Meaning:1. (properly) deputyship, i.e. ministry 2. (generally) employment (never servile) 3. (abstractly or concretely) work 4. (as the result of labor) property
KJV Renderings:business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

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מְלָאכָה167 noun feminine occupation, work (for *מַלְאָכָה; compare Phoenician מלאכת labour) — ׳ מ Exod 12:16 + 102 t.; מְלָ֑אכֶת 2Chr 13:10 construct מְלֶאכֶת Exod 35:24 + 42 t.; suffix מְלַאכְתְּךָ Jonah 1:8 מְלַאכְתֶּ֑ךָ Exod 20:9 + 2 t.; מְלַאכְתּוֺ Gen 2:2 + 13 t.; plural construct מַלְאֲכוֺת 1Chr 28:19 suffix מַלְאֲכוֺתֶיךָ Ps 73:28

1. occupation, business, מַה מְּלַאכְתְּךָ what is thy occupation Jonah 1:8 business of a steward Gen 39:11 ( J ); diligent in business Prov 22:29 slack in business Prov 18:9.
2. property in which one is occupied, רעהוּ ׳ מ his neighbour's property Exod 22:7; Exod 22:10 ( E ); possessions of herds and flocks Gen 33:14 ( J ), 1Sam 15:9 (compare מִקְנֶה); רבה ׳ מ great property 2Chr 17:13 .
3. work as something done or made:
a. of God in creation Gen 2:2 (twice in verse); Gen 2:3 ( P ), in judgment Jer 50:25, in general Ps 73:28.
b. of men, עור ׳ מ leather-work Lev 13:48; Lev 13:51 ( P ), השׂדה ׳ מ work in the field 1Chr 27:26 in building Prov 24:27 +, the walls of Jerusalem Neh 4:5 +, making the tabernacle and its furniture Exod 36:2 +, the temple 1Kgs 5:30 +; work of the potter Jer 18:3, of the seaman Ps 107:23, of the Levites 1Chr 26:29, of priests in the sacrifices 2Chr 29:34 מְלָאכֶת (ה)עֲבֹדָה phrase of P , Exod 35:24; Exod 36:1; Exod 36:3; Lev 23:7; Lev 23:8; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:25; Lev 23:35; Lev 23:36; Num 28:18; Num 28:25; Num 28:26; Num 29:1; Num 29:12; Num 29:35 also 1Chr 9:13 ; 1Chr 9:19 ; 1Chr 28:13; 1Chr 28:20; 2Chr 24:12 לעבדה ׳ המ 1Chr 23:24 ׳ עבדה למ Exod 36:5 ( P ); compare the phrase ׳ עֹשֵׂה המ workmen Ezra 3:9; Neh 2:16 ׳ עֹשִׂים במ 1Kgs 5:30; 1Kgs 9:23 +; ׳ כל מ any work forbidden on the Sabbath Exod 20:9; Exod 20:10; Lev 23:3 ( P ) Deut 5:13 ; Deut 5:14 ; Jer 17:22; Jer 17:24 on holy convocations Exod 12:16; Lev 16:29; Lev 23:28; Lev 23:30; Lev 23:31; Num 29:7 ( P ).
4. workmanship, כל מלאכה in every kind of workmanship, phrase of P : Exod 31:3 ; Exod 31:5 ; Exod 35:29; Exod 35:31; Exod 35:33; Exod 35:35 and Chronicles: 1Chr 22:15; 1Chr 28:21 ; 1Chr 29:5; 1Kgs 7:14.
5. service, use Lev 7:24; Lev 11:32 ; Judg 16:11 ; Ezek 28:13 .
6. public business:
a. political 1Kgs 11:28 ; 1Chr 29:6; Dan 8:27; Esth 3:9; Esth 9:3.
b. religious, putting away foreign wives Ezra 10:13 יהוה ׳ מ 1Chr 26:30 הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳ מ Exod 36:4 ; Exod 38:24 ( P ), קדשׁ הקדשׁים ׳ מ 1Chr 6:34 אהל ׳ מ מועד Exod 35:21 ( P ), ׳ בית י ׳ מ 1Chr 23:4 ; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 6:22; Neh 10:34; Neh 11:22.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלאכה (’lach-)

Genesis 2:2

KJV: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
EHCC: 0n the seventh day God ended his work

Genesis 33:14

KJV: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.according…: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children
EHCC: according as the catile (marg. according

Genesis 39:11

KJV: And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
EHCC: went into the house to do his business ;

Exodus 12:36

KJV: And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
EHCC: no manner of work shall be done

Exodus 20:9

KJV: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
EHCC: and do all thy work:

Exodus 22:8

KJV: If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
EHCC: (7), 11(10).put his hand wafo his neigh-

Exodus 31:3

KJV: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
EHCC: and in all manner of workmanship,

Exodus 85:2

EHCC: Six days shall work be done,

Exodus 36:1

KJV: Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
EHCC: all manner of work for the service

Exodus 38:8

KJV: And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.lookingglasses: or, brasen glassesassembling: Heb. assembling by troops
EHCC: that wrought the work of the tabernac!¢

Leviticus 7:24

KJV: And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.beast…: Heb. carcase
EHCC: may be used in any other use:

Numbers 4:8

KJV: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
EHCC: 10 do the work in the tabernacle

Numbers 29:1

KJV: And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
EHCC: ye shal} do no servile work, & ,26 ,25

Deuteronomy 5:18

KJV: Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
EHCC: cand do all thy work:

Judges 16:11

KJV: And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.that never…: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done
EHCC: new ropes that never were occupied, (marg.

2 Kings 12:11

KJV: And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,laid…: Heb. brought it forth
EHCC: (12).the hands of them that did the work,

2 Kings 6:49

EHCC: (34).all the work of the (place) most holy,

2 Kings 22:15

KJV: And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
EHCC: (there are) wurkmen (lit. doers of the

2 Chronicles 4:11

KJV: And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;basons: or, bowlsfinished: Heb. finished to make
EHCC: Huram finished the work

2 Chronicles 8:8

KJV: But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
EHCC: to set forward the work of

2 Chronicles 6:22

KJV: If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him
EHCC: to strengthen their hands in the work of

2 Chronicles 10:13

KJV: And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
EHCC: neither (ia this) a work of one day or two:

Nehemiah 2:16

KJV: And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
EHCC: nor to the rest that did the work.

Nehemiah 4:11

KJV: And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
EHCC: (5). cause the work to cease.

Nehemiah 5:16

KJV: Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
EHCC: 1 continued in the work of this wall

Nehemiah 6:3

KJV: And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
EHCC: 1 (am) doing a great work,

Nehemiah 7:70

KJV: And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.some: Heb. part.The Tirshatha: or, the governor
EHCC: the fathers gave unto the work,

Nehemiah 10:83

EHCC: 34(. the work of the house of our God.

Nehemiah 11:12

KJV: And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
EHCC: their brethren that did the work

Nehemiah 18:10

EHCC: Levites and the singers, that did the work,

Esther 3:9

KJV: If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.that they…: Heb. to destroy thempay: Heb. weigh
EHCC: those that have the charge of the business,

Esther 9:3

KJV: And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.officers…: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king
EHCC: officers (marg. those which didthe business )

Esther 107:28

EHCC: that do business in Breet waters 5

Proverbs 18:9

KJV: He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
EHCC: He also that is slothful in Ais work

Proverbs 22:29

KJV: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.mean…: Heb. obscure men
EHCC: Seest thou a man diligent in Ais business?

Jeremiah 17:22

KJV: Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
EHCC: neither do ye any work,

Jeremiah 18:3

KJV: Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.wheels: or, frames, or, seats
EHCC: he wrought a work on the wheels.

Jeremiah 48:10

KJV: Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.deceitfully: or, negligently
EHCC: the work of the Lord deceitfully,

Jeremiah 80:25

EHCC: this (is) the work of the Lord

Jeremiah 4:1

KJV: If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
EHCC: s it meet for (any) work?

Jeremiah 28:13

KJV: Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
EHCC: the workmanship of thy tabrets

Daniel 8:27

KJV: And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
EHCC: 1 rose up, and did the king’s business ;

Jonah 1:8

KJV: Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
EHCC: What (is) thine occupation ל
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