# H4457 מֶלְקָח

מֶלְקָח (melqâch), Strong’s H4457: (only in dual) tweezers KJV: snuffers, tongs.. Occurs 6 times.

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*melqâch* — (only in dual) tweezers

KJV: snuffers, tongs.

Derived from [לָקַח lâqach](https://besorah.bible/word/H3947) (to take)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם, [מַלְקָחַיִם] n.[m.]du. tongs, snuffers

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 25:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=38) — Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
- [Exodus 37:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/37?v=23) — He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
- [Numbers 4:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/4?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/6?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/4?v=21) — and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold;