מֶלְקָחmelqâch

tongs, snuffers

Pronunciation: mel-kawkh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4457

Meanings

1. tongs used at altar of temple, for lifting coal (Isaiah 6:6)

2. lamp snuffers (1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chronicles 4:21; Exodus 25:38)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 25:38 The lamp snuffers and trays must also be made of pure gold.
  • Exodus 37:23 He also made seven lamps for the lampstand, lamp snuffers, and trays, all of pure gold.
  • Numbers 4:9 “Next they must cover the lampstand with a blue cloth, along with its lamps, lamp snuffers, trays, and special jars of olive oil.
  • 1 Kings 7:49 the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place; the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of gold;
  • 2 Chronicles 4:21 the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of the purest gold;
  • Isaiah 6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

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).