Limitless Word
מֶלְקָחmelqâch/mel-kawkh'/
HebrewH44576 occurrences (KJV)

(only in dual) tweezers

KJV renders it: snuffers, tongs.

Where it appears

  • Exod 25:38Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
  • Exod 37:23He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
  • Num 4:9“They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lamp stand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
  • 1 Kgs 7:49and the lamp stands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
  • 2 Chr 4:21and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was perfect gold;
  • Isa 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.