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Strong's H4399 מְלָאכָה (melakah)

Melakah means “business” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4399 — prophthano (“prevent”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4399
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 149
Books 21

Strong's H4399 Quick Answer

Strong's H4399 מְלָאכָּה (mla'kah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mla'kah (mel-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) deputyship, i.e. ministry 2. (generally) employment (never servile) It has 149 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include work, servile, never, and works. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mla'kah (mel-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) deputyship, i.e. ministry 2. (generally) employment (never servile)
Usage
149 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
work, servile, never, and works

Meaning and Definition

mla'kah (mel-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) deputyship, i.e. ministry 2. (generally) employment (never servile) 3. (abstractly or concretely) work 4. (as the result of labor) property [from the same as H4397] KJV: business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship). Root(s): H4397

Original Word
מְלָאכָּה
Transliteration
mla'kah
Derivation
Root: מלאך First root strongs: 4397
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4399. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

work

Usage: 1) occupation, work, business 1a) occupation, business 1b) property 1c) work (something done or made) 1d) workmanship 1e) service, use 1f) public business 1f1) political 1f2) religious

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How Strong's H4399 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mla'kah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

work Genesis 2:2 84× servile Leviticus 23:7 12× never Judges 16:11 works 1 Chronicles 28:19

How Strong's H4399 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 149 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4399 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4399 in the Old Testament

149 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:2 KJV

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:3 KJV

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Genesis 33:14 KJV

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4399.

Genesis 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Genesis 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Genesis 33:14 Old Testament, KJV
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Genesis 39:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
Exodus 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Exodus 20:9 Old Testament, KJV
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus 20:10 Old Testament, KJV
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Exodus 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Exodus 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Exodus 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Exodus 31:14 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 31:15 Old Testament, KJV
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Exodus 35:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Exodus 35:24 Old Testament, KJV
Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.
Exodus 35:29 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
Exodus 35:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Exodus 35:33 Old Testament, KJV
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
Exodus 35:35 Old Testament, KJV
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 36:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.
Exodus 36:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it:
Exodus 36:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
Exodus 36:4 Old Testament, KJV
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
Exodus 36:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
Exodus 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
Exodus 36:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
Exodus 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Exodus 38:24 Old Testament, KJV
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Exodus 39:43 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Exodus 40:33 Old Testament, KJV
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Leviticus 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
Leviticus 11:32 Old Testament, KJV
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
Leviticus 13:48 Old Testament, KJV
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
Leviticus 13:51 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
Leviticus 16:29 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus 23:3 Old Testament, KJV
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Leviticus 23:25 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:28 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
Leviticus 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:35 Old Testament, KJV
On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus 23:36 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
Numbers 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 28:18 Old Testament, KJV
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Numbers 28:25 Old Testament, KJV
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Numbers 28:26 Old Testament, KJV
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
Numbers 29:1 Old Testament, KJV
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
Numbers 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
Numbers 29:12 Old Testament, KJV
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
Numbers 29:35 Old Testament, KJV
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
Deuteronomy 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deuteronomy 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Deuteronomy 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
Judges 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
1 Samuel 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1 Samuel 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Kings 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
1 Kings 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
1 Kings 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
1 Kings 7:40 Old Testament, KJV
And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
1 Kings 7:51 Old Testament, KJV
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
1 Kings 11:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
2 Kings 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
2 Kings 12:14 Old Testament, KJV
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
2 Kings 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
2 Kings 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
1 Chronicles 6:49 Old Testament, KJV
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
1 Chronicles 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
1 Chronicles 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
1 Chronicles 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
1 Chronicles 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
1 Chronicles 23:24 Old Testament, KJV
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
1 Chronicles 25:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
1 Chronicles 26:29 Old Testament, KJV
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
1 Chronicles 26:30 Old Testament, KJV
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
1 Chronicles 27:26 Old Testament, KJV
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
1 Chronicles 28:13 Old Testament, KJV
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 28:19 Old Testament, KJV
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
1 Chronicles 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
1 Chronicles 29:1 Old Testament, KJV
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
1 Chronicles 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
1 Chronicles 29:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
2 Chronicles 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
2 Chronicles 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
2 Chronicles 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
2 Chronicles 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
2 Chronicles 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
2 Chronicles 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
2 Chronicles 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
2 Chronicles 34:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
2 Chronicles 34:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
2 Chronicles 34:13 Old Testament, KJV
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
2 Chronicles 34:17 Old Testament, KJV
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
Ezra 2:69 Old Testament, KJV
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
Ezra 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Ezra 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
Ezra 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
Nehemiah 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Nehemiah 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Nehemiah 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Nehemiah 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Nehemiah 4:21 Old Testament, KJV
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Nehemiah 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
Nehemiah 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Nehemiah 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4399, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 27 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 15 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 8 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 19 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 14 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 5 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 20 usages, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4399 FAQ

What does melakah (מְלָאכָה) mean?

Melakah (Strong's H4399) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "business". mla'kah (mel-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) deputyship, i.e. ministry 2. (generally) employment (never servile)

How many times is melakah (מְלָאכָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 149 linked usages for Strong's H4399 across 21 books.

Where can I study melakah (מְלָאכָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4399 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate melakah (מְלָאכָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as work, servile, never, and works. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.