Hebrew word study
מְלָאכָה H4399
- Transliteration
- mᵉlâʼkâh
- Pronunciation
- mel-aw-kaw'
- KJV glosses
- business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
Lexical summary
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry
generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely)
also property (as the result of labor)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry
generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely)
also property (as the result of labor)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information