Meleah מְלֵאָה
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| מְלֵאָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meleah |
| Strong's number | H4395 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | fruit |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (1) |
Meleah (Hebrew מְלֵאָה, Strong's H4395) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “fruit”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
fulness, full produce
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fruits (1), fulness (1), fruit (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | your granaries (1), juice (1), entire harvest (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meleah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 22:29Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
Numbers
- Numbers 18:27And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 22:9Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).