H4973: מְתַלְּעָה
mᵉthallᵉʻâh · pronounced meth-al-leh-aw' · “jaw”
Definition
properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth
KJV translates it as: cheek (jaw) tooth, jaw.
Word origin: contr. from H3216 (יָלַע);
Extended definition
teeth, fangs, incisors
Also means: mal.ta.ah (מַלְתָּעָה "tooth" H4459)
Also means: mal.ta.ah (מַלְתָּעָה "tooth" H4459)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4973 is translated
- the jaws of ×1
- its ×1
- the fangs of ×1
Bible verses with H4973 (mᵉthallᵉʻâh)
Mᵉthallᵉʻâh appears in 3 verses.
- Job 29:17
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
- Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Joel 1:6
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.