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Strong's H4422 מָלַט (malat)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4422 — ptoeo (“frighten”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4422
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 85
Books 20

Strong's H4422 Quick Answer

Strong's H4422 מָלַט (malat) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. malat (maw-lat') v. 1. (properly) to be smooth 2. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness) It has 85 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include escape, forth, young, let, and sparks. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
malat (maw-lat') v. 1. (properly) to be smooth 2. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)
Usage
85 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
escape, forth, young, let, and sparks

Meaning and Definition

malat (maw-lat') v. 1. (properly) to be smooth 2. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness) 3. causatively, to release or rescue 4. specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks [a primitive root] KJV: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.

Original Word
מָלַט
Transliteration
malat
Derivation
Root: מלט
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4422. 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)

to escape

Usage: 1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered 1a)(Niphal) 1a1) to slip away 1a2) to escape 1a3) to be delivered 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs) 1b2) to let escape 1b3) to deliver, save (life) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give birth to 1c2) to deliver 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to slip forth, slip out, escape 1d2) to escape

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How Strong's H4422 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render malat, 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.

Escape Genesis 19:17 19× forth 1 Samuel 23:13 young 1 Samuel 30:17 let Genesis 19:20 sparks Job 41:19

How Strong's H4422 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 85 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4422 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 H4422 in the Old Testament

85 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 19:17 KJV

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Genesis 19:19 KJV

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 19:20 KJV

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

Usage Excerpts

First 85 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4422.

Genesis 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Judges 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Judges 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
1 Samuel 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel 19:12 Old Testament, KJV
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
1 Samuel 19:18 Old Testament, KJV
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
1 Samuel 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
1 Samuel 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
1 Samuel 22:20 Old Testament, KJV
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
1 Samuel 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
1 Samuel 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1 Samuel 30:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
2 Samuel 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
2 Samuel 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
2 Samuel 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
1 Kings 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1 Kings 18:40 Old Testament, KJV
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
1 Kings 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
1 Kings 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
2 Kings 10:24 Old Testament, KJV
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
2 Kings 19:37 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 23:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
2 Chronicles 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
Esther 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Job 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Job 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Job 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Job 29:12 Old Testament, KJV
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 41:19 Old Testament, KJV
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Psalms 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Psalms 41:1 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 89:48 Old Testament, KJV
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Psalms 107:20 Old Testament, KJV
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Psalms 116:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Psalms 124:7 Old Testament, KJV
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Proverbs 11:21 Old Testament, KJV
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Proverbs 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 28:26 Old Testament, KJV
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Ecclesiastes 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Isaiah 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
Isaiah 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Isaiah 34:15 Old Testament, KJV
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Isaiah 37:38 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Isaiah 46:2 Old Testament, KJV
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
Isaiah 46:4 Old Testament, KJV
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Isaiah 49:24 Old Testament, KJV
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Isaiah 49:25 Old Testament, KJV
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Isaiah 66:7 Old Testament, KJV
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Jeremiah 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
Jeremiah 34:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
Jeremiah 38:18 Old Testament, KJV
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
Jeremiah 38:23 Old Testament, KJV
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jeremiah 39:18 Old Testament, KJV
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 41:15 Old Testament, KJV
But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 46:6 Old Testament, KJV
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 48:6 Old Testament, KJV
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
Jeremiah 48:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah 48:19 Old Testament, KJV
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
Jeremiah 51:6 Old Testament, KJV
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Jeremiah 51:45 Old Testament, KJV
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Ezekiel 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
Ezekiel 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
Ezekiel 33:5 Old Testament, KJV
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
Daniel 11:41 Old Testament, KJV
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Daniel 12:1 Old Testament, KJV
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Joel 2:32 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Amos 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
Amos 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Zechariah 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Malachi 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4422, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 11 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 10 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 12 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4422 FAQ

What does malat (מָלַט) mean?

Malat (Strong's H4422) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "escape". malat (maw-lat') v. 1. (properly) to be smooth 2. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness)

How many times is malat (מָלַט) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 85 linked usages for Strong's H4422 across 20 books.

Where can I study malat (מָלַט) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4422 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate malat (מָלַט)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as escape, forth, young, let, and sparks. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.