מְלָאכָה

Strong’s Definition

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Etymology & Derivation

from the same as H4397 (מֲלְאָךְ);

KJV Usage

business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.occupation, work, business
• 2.occupation, business
• 3.property
• 4.work (something done or made)
• 5.workmanship
• 6.service, use
• 7.public business

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mᵉlâʼkâh; Pronunciation: mel-aw-kaw'