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Hebrew - English Dictionary

H4399 - Occupation

Strong's No.:H4399

Hebrew:מְלָאכָה

Transliteration:mᵉlâʼkâh

Phonetic:mel-aw-kaw'

Word Origin:From the same as H4397

Bible Usage:{business} + {cattle} + {industrious} {occupation} (+ {-pied}) + {officer} thing ({made}) {use} (manner of) work ({[-man]} -manship).

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

properly {deputyship} that {is} ministry; generally employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. occupation, work, business

a. occupation, business

b. property

c. work (something done or made)

d. workmanship

e. service, use

f. public business

1. political

2. religious


Bible References:
Occupation

Translation
Occurrences:
business ( 12 )
cattle ( 1 )
goods ( 2 )
labour ( 1 )
made ( 1 )
occupation ( 1 )
stuff ( 1 )
thing ( 1 )
use ( 1 )
work ( 124 )
workmanship ( 5 )
works ( 3 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.