H4457: מֶלְקָח
melqâch · pronounced mel-kawkh' · “tong”
Definition
(only in dual) tweezers
KJV translates it as: snuffers, tongs.
Word origin: or מַלְקָח; from H3947 (לָקַח);
Extended definition
1a) tongs (for altar use)
1b) snuffers (for lamps in temple or tabernacle)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4457 is translated
- its ×3
- tongs ×3
Bible verses with H4457 (melqâch)
Melqâch appears in 6 verses.
- Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- Numbers 4:9
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
- 1 Kings 7:49
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
- 2 Chronicles 4:21
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
- Isaiah 6:6
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: