King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4455
Transliteration: malqowach
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-ko'-akh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: booty, prey
Meaning: the jaws, in, spoil
Word Summary
malqowach: booty, prey
Original Word: מַלְקוֹחַTransliteration: malqowach
Phonetic Spelling: (mal-ko'-akh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: booty, prey
Meaning: the jaws, in, spoil
Strong's Concordance
booty, jaws, prey From laqach; transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken) -- booty, jaws, prey.
see HEBREW laqach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4455. malqowach
I. מַלְקוֺחַ noun masculineIsaiah 49:25 booty, prey (compare לָקַח
9); — מ מִגִּבּוֺר ׳הֲיֻקַּח Isaiah 49:24 ("" שְׁבִי), compare 49:25 ("" id.); Numbers 31:26 ("" id.), 31:11 ("" שָׁלָל), 31:12 ("" id. + שְׁבִי, i.e. here, only, distinguished from captives), 31:32 ("" הַבָּ֔ז יֶתֶר), 31:27.
II. [מַלְקוֺחַ] noun [masculine] jaw (as taking, seizing food); — dual suffix מַלְקוֺחָ֑י מֻדְבָּק וּלְשׁוֺנִי Psalm 22:16 and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.