# מֶלְקָח (melqach)

Israeli respelling: mel-qach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4457. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

(only in dual) tweezers

King James renderings: snuffers, tongs.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/melqach-h4457

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 25:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/25/38) — And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
- [Exodus 37:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/37/23) — And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
- [Numbers 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [1 Kings 7:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th…
- [2 Chronicles 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/21) — And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
- [Isaiah 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: