מַלְקוֹחַ
malqôaḥ
booty
Strong's H4455NounHebrewTWOT 1124b

מַלְקוֹחַ (malqôaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning booty. It appears 8 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4455).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1124b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1124b)booty, prey; jaws, spoil
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַלְקוֹחַ noun, masculine: booty, prey

Strong's H4455 מַלְקוֹחַ: transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food); intransitively, spoil [and captives] (as taken)
KJV:booty, jaws, prey.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1124: לָקַח lāqaḥ — take; take in hand, take and carry along, carry away, take away, put, fetch, lead, conduct, capture, seize, carry off; be captured, be taken away, removed, be taken, brought; be stolen, be taken captive; taking hold of itself…

See it in Scripture

Numbers 31:11Isaiah 49:24

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