Strong H4973מְתַלְּעוֹת
jaw
- Transliteration
- methalle‛âh
- Pronunciation
- meth-al-leh-aw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Contracted from H3216; properly a {biter} that {is} a tooth: - cheek (jaw) {tooth} jaw.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: jaw
Exact lexical definition: teeth
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: מְתַלְּעוֹת n.f.pl . teeth
In the Bible
Strong H4973 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- teeth2
- jaw1
First verses
- Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
- Proverbs 30:14There 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 1:6For 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.