What does מְלָאכָה · בַּיִת · אֱלֹהִים mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H4399, H1004, H430
מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִים
Properly, deputyship , i.e. ministry ; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) · a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) · gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God ; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates ; and sometimes as a superlative
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מְלָאכָה H4399 properly, deputyship , i.e. ministry ; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
בַּיִת H1004 a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Pronunciation bêt YHWH
Physical dwelling expands to household, dynasty, and temple—the building contains and constitutes the family unit itself.
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אֱלֹהִים H430 gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God ; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates ; and sometimes as a superlative
Pronunciation ʾĕlōhiym
Plural form persistently denotes the singular God of Israel; signals transcendent power and authority in every application.
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What does מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִים (mele'khet beit-ha-Elohim) mean in the Bible?
מְלָאכָה · בַּיִת · אֱלֹהִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Work or service of the house of God.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4399, H1004, H430?
H4399, H1004, H430 is connected to 4,823 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Work or service of the house of God.
Strong's H4399, H1004, H430
Lexical occurrences 4,823 verses Source Gloss
Work or service of the house of God.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִים is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain