H4457 — melqach
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
melqach — pronounced mel-kawkh
or malqach {mal-kawkh'}; from 3947; (only in dual) tweezers:--snuffers, tongs. see H03947
6 occurrences in the KJV.
Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
Exodus 37:23
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
Numbers 4:9
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
1 Kings 7:49
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
2 Chronicles 4:21
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
Isaiah 6:6
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
