Metallah מְתַלְּעוֹת
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| מְתַלְּעוֹת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | metallah |
| Strong's number | H4973 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | jaw |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Metallah (Hebrew מְתַלְּעוֹת, Strong's H4973) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “jaw”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
teeth, fangs, incisors
Also means: mal.ta.ah (מַלְתָּעָה "tooth" H4459)
Also means: mal.ta.ah (מַלְתָּעָה "tooth" H4459)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | teeth (2), jaws (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fangs (1), whose jaws (1), its fangs (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Metallah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Joel
- Joel 1:6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
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).