Strong H4457מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם
tong
- Transliteration
- melqâch malqâch
- Pronunciation
- {mel-kawkh'} mal-kawkh'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H3947; (only in dual) tweezers: - {snuffers} tongs.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: tong
Exact lexical definition: tongs
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם , [ מַלְקָחַיִם ] n.[m.]du . tongs , snuffers
In the Bible
Strong H4457 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tongs5
- snuffer1
First verses
- Exodus 25:38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:23And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- Numbers 4:9And 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 7:49And 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 4:21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
- Isaiah 6:6Then 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: