Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H4455 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מַלקוַֹח |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H3947 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | malqowach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mal-ko'-akh |
| Meaning: | 1. transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food) 2. intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken) |
| KJV Renderings: | booty, jaws, prey. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
I. מַלְקוֺחַ noun masculine Isa 49:25 booty, prey (compare לָקַח 9); — ׳ הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֺר מ Isa 49:24 (|| שְׁבִי), compare Isa 49:25 (|| id.); Num 31:26 (|| id.), Num 31:11 (|| שָׁלָל), Num 31:12 (|| id. + שְׁבִי, i.e. here, only, distinguished from captives), Num 31:32 (|| יֶתֶר הַבָּ֔ז), Num 31:27.
II. [מַלְקוֺחַ] noun [masculine] jaw (as taking, seizing food); — dual suffix וּלְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י Ps 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
