Lexicon :: Strong's H4455 - malqôaḥ

מַלְקוֹחַ
Transliteration
malqôaḥ
Pronunciation
mal-ko'-akh
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From לָקַח (H3947)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1124b,1124c

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְקוֹחַ malqôwach, mal-ko'-akh; from H3947; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil [and captives] (as taken):—booty, jaws, prey.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4455 in the following manner: prey (6x), booty (1x), jaw (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4455 in the following manner: prey (6x), booty (1x), jaw (1x).
  1. booty, prey

  2. jaw

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְקוֹחַ malqôwach, mal-ko'-akh; from H3947; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil [and captives] (as taken):—booty, jaws, prey.
STRONGS H4455: Abbreviations
† I. מַלְקוֺחַ noun masculineIsaiah 49:25 booty, prey (compare לָקַח 9); — הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֺר מ׳ Isaiah 49:24 (|| שְׁבִי), compare Isaiah 49:25 (|| id.); Numbers 31:26 (|| id.), Numbers 31:11 (|| שָׁלָל), Numbers 31:12 (|| id. + שְׁבִי, i.e. here, only, distinguished from captives), Numbers 31:32 (|| יֶתֶר הַבָּ֔ז), Numbers 31:27.

† II. [מַלְקוֺחַ] noun [masculine] jaw (as taking, seizing food); — dual suffix וּלְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י Psalm 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

31:11; 31:12; 31:26; 31:27; 31:32

Psalms

22:16

Isaiah

49:24; 49:25; 49:25