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Hebrew word study

מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâh — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry

Pronounced “mel-aw-kaw'”

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Translated in the King James as: business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

Appears 165 times in Scripture

Origin: from the same as H4397 (מֲלְאָךְ);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 5×
Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Genesis 33:14Genesis 39:11+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus — 33×
Exodus 12:16Exodus 20:9Exodus 20:10Exodus 22:8Exodus 22:11Exodus 31:3Exodus 31:5Exodus 31:14Exodus 31:15Exodus 35:2Exodus 35:21Exodus 35:24Exodus 35:29Exodus 35:31Exodus 35:33Exodus 35:35Exodus 36:1Exodus 36:2Exodus 36:3Exodus 36:4Exodus 36:5Exodus 36:6Exodus 36:7Exodus 36:8Exodus 38:24+ 8 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 15×
Leviticus 7:24Leviticus 11:32Leviticus 13:51Leviticus 16:29Leviticus 23:3Leviticus 23:7Leviticus 23:8Leviticus 23:21Leviticus 23:25Leviticus 23:28Leviticus 23:30Leviticus 23:31Leviticus 23:35Leviticus 23:36+ 1 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 8×
Numbers 4:3Numbers 28:18Numbers 28:25Numbers 28:26Numbers 29:1Numbers 29:7Numbers 29:12Numbers 29:35
Deuteronomy — 3×
Deuteronomy 5:13Deuteronomy 5:14Deuteronomy 16:8
Judges — 1×
Judges 16:11
1 Samuel — 1×
1 Sam 8:16
1 Kings — 10×
1 Ki 5:161 Ki 7:141 Ki 7:221 Ki 7:401 Ki 7:511 Ki 9:231 Ki 11:28+ 3 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 6×
2 Ki 12:112 Ki 12:142 Ki 12:152 Ki 22:52 Ki 22:9+ 1 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 20×
1 Chr 4:231 Chr 6:491 Chr 9:131 Chr 9:191 Chr 9:331 Chr 22:151 Chr 23:41 Chr 23:241 Chr 25:11 Chr 26:291 Chr 26:301 Chr 27:261 Chr 28:131 Chr 28:191 Chr 28:201 Chr 28:211 Chr 29:11 Chr 29:51 Chr 29:6+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 16×
2 Chr 4:112 Chr 5:12 Chr 8:92 Chr 8:162 Chr 13:102 Chr 16:52 Chr 17:132 Chr 24:122 Chr 24:132 Chr 29:342 Chr 34:102 Chr 34:122 Chr 34:132 Chr 34:17+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 5×
Ezra 2:69Ezra 3:8Ezra 3:9Ezra 6:22Ezra 10:13
Nehemiah — 22×
Nehemiah 2:16Nehemiah 4:11Nehemiah 4:15Nehemiah 4:16Nehemiah 4:17Nehemiah 4:19Nehemiah 4:21Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 5:16Nehemiah 6:3Nehemiah 6:9Nehemiah 6:16Nehemiah 7:70Nehemiah 7:71Nehemiah 10:33Nehemiah 11:12Nehemiah 11:16Nehemiah 11:22Nehemiah 13:10Nehemiah 13:30+ 2 more in Nehemiah
Esther — 2×
Esther 3:9Esther 9:3
Psalms — 2×
Psalms 73:28Psalms 107:23
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 18:9Proverbs 22:29Proverbs 24:27
Jeremiah — 5×
Jeremiah 17:22Jeremiah 17:24Jeremiah 18:3Jeremiah 48:10Jeremiah 50:25
Ezekiel — 5×
Ezekiel 15:3Ezekiel 15:4Ezekiel 15:5Ezekiel 28:13+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 1×
Daniel 8:27
Jonah — 1×
Jonah 1:8
Haggai — 1×
Haggai 1:14

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