מְלָאכָהmᵉlâʼkâh
occupation, work
Pronunciation: mel-aw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4399
Meanings
1. occupation, business (Jonah 1:8; Genesis 39:11; Proverbs 22:29)
2. property in which one is occupied (Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:10; Genesis 33:14)
3. work, as something done or made
b. leather-work, work in the field (Leviticus 13:48; Leviticus 13:51; 1 Chronicles 27:26)
4. workmanship (Exodus 31:3; Exodus 31:5; Exodus 35:29)
5. service, use (Leviticus 7:24; Leviticus 11:32; Judges 16:11)
6. public business
a. political (1 Kings 11:28; 1 Chronicles 29:6; Daniel 8:27)
b. religious (Ezra 10:13; 1 Chronicles 26:30; Exodus 36:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 167 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work.
- Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
- Genesis 33:14 Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”
- Genesis 39:11 One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.
- Exodus 12:16 On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food.
- Exodus 20:9 You have six days each week for your ordinary work,
See every passage
- Genesis 2:2, 2:3, 33:14, 39:11
- Exodus 12:16, 20:9, 20:10, 22:8, 22:11, 31:3, 31:5, 31:14, 31:15, 35:2, 35:21, 35:24, 35:29, 35:31, 35:33, 35:35, 36:1, 36:2, 36:3, 36:4, 36:5, 36:6, 36:7, 36:8, 38:24, 39:43, 40:33
- Leviticus 7:24, 11:32, 13:48, 13:51, 16:29, 23:3, 23:7, 23:8, 23:21, 23:25, 23:28, 23:30, 23:31, 23:35, 23:36
- Numbers 4:3, 28:18, 28:25, 28:26, 29:1, 29:7, 29:12, 29:35
- Deuteronomy 5:13, 5:14, 16:8
- Judges 16:11
- 1 Samuel 8:16, 15:9
- 1 Kings 5:16, 7:14, 7:22, 7:40, 7:51, 9:23, 11:28
- 2 Kings 12:11, 12:14, 12:15, 22:5, 22:9
- 1 Chronicles 4:23, 6:49, 9:13, 9:19, 9:33, 22:15, 23:4, 23:24, 25:1, 26:29, 26:30, 27:26, 28:13, 28:19, 28:20, 28:21, 29:1, 29:5, 29:6
- 2 Chronicles 4:11, 5:1, 8:9, 8:16, 13:10, 16:5, 17:13, 24:12, 24:13, 29:34, 34:10, 34:12, 34:13, 34:17
- Ezra 2:69, 3:8, 3:9, 6:22, 10:13
- Nehemiah 2:16, 4:11, 4:15, 4:16, 4:17, 4:19, 4:21, 4:22, 5:16, 6:3, 6:9, 6:16, 7:70, 7:71, 10:33, 11:12, 11:16, 11:22, 13:10, 13:30
- Esther 3:9, 9:3
- Psalms 73:28, 107:23
- Proverbs 18:9, 22:29, 24:27
- Jeremiah 17:22, 17:24, 18:3, 48:10, 50:25
- Ezekiel 15:3, 15:4, 15:5, 28:13
- Daniel 8:27
- Jonah 1:8
- Haggai 1:14
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).