Hebrew word study

מָלַטmâlaṭ properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (…

Pronounced “maw-lat'

properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

Translated in the King James as: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, speedily, surely.

Appears 95 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 5×
Genesis 19:17Genesis 19:19Genesis 19:20Genesis 19:22+ 1 more in Genesis
Judges 3×
Judges 3:26Judges 3:29+ 1 more in Judges
1 Samuel 13×
1 Sam 19:101 Sam 19:111 Sam 19:121 Sam 19:171 Sam 19:181 Sam 20:291 Sam 22:11 Sam 22:201 Sam 23:131 Sam 27:11 Sam 30:17+ 2 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 4×
2 Sam 1:32 Sam 4:62 Sam 19:52 Sam 19:9
1 Kings 5×
1 Ki 1:121 Ki 18:401 Ki 19:171 Ki 20:20+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 3×
2 Ki 10:242 Ki 19:372 Ki 23:18
2 Chronicles 1×
2 Chr 16:7
Esther 1×
Esther 4:13
Job 11×
Job 1:15Job 1:16Job 1:17Job 1:19Job 6:23Job 19:20Job 20:20Job 22:30Job 29:12Job 41:19+ 1 more in Job
Psalms 8×
Psalms 22:5Psalms 33:17Psalms 41:1Psalms 89:48Psalms 107:20Psalms 116:4Psalms 124:7+ 1 more in Psalms
Proverbs 3×
Proverbs 11:21Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 28:26
Ecclesiastes 3×
Eccles 7:26Eccles 8:8Eccles 9:15
Isaiah 9×
Isaiah 20:6Isaiah 31:5Isaiah 34:15Isaiah 37:38Isaiah 46:2Isaiah 46:4Isaiah 49:24Isaiah 49:25Isaiah 66:7
Jeremiah 13×
Jeremiah 32:4Jeremiah 34:3Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:23Jeremiah 39:18Jeremiah 41:15Jeremiah 46:6Jeremiah 48:6Jeremiah 48:8Jeremiah 48:19Jeremiah 51:6Jeremiah 51:45+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel 4×
Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:18Ezekiel 33:5+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Daniel 2×
Daniel 11:41Daniel 12:1
Joel 1×
Joel 2:32
Amos 4×
Amos 2:14Amos 2:15Amos 9:1+ 1 more in Amos
Zechariah 1×
Zech 2:7
Malachi 1×
Malachi 3:15

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