H4457 מֶלְקָח
melqâch — (only in dual) tweezers
KJV: snuffers, tongs.
Derived from לָקַח lâqach (to take)
Occurs 6 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם, [מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]du. tongs, snuffers
Where it occurs
- Exodus 25:38 — Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:23 — He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
- Numbers 4:9 — “They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all…
- 1 Kings 7:49 — and the lamp stands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and…
- Isaiah 6:6 — Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the…
- 2 Chronicles 4:21 — and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold;