Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
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Tongs
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Isaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
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מֶלְקָח
melqâch · mel-kawkh'
5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
(only in dual) tweezers
Strong's KJV usage: snuffers, tongs.
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Strong's first: Exodus 25:38Strong's last: Isaiah 6:6
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maʻătsâd · mah-ats-awd'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an axe
Strong's KJV usage: ax, tongs.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 44:12Strong's last: Isaiah 44:12
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H4457
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,
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tongs
TONGS, noun plural An instrument of metal, consisting of two parts or long shafts joined at one end; used for handling things, particularly fire or heated metals. We say, a pair of tongs a smith's tongs
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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