Hebrew word

mᵉlâʼkâh

mel-aw-kaw'

מְלָאכָה

What it means

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

Where it comes from

from the same as mălʼâk (מֲלְאָךְ)

How the King James translates it

work107
business11
workmen3
works2
workmanship2
cattle1
goods1
stuff1

Every place it appears 134

Genesis2:2 2:3 33:14 39:11

Exodus12:16 20:10 22:11 31:14 31:15 35:2 35:21 35:24 35:29 35:35 36:1 36:2 36:3 36:4 36:5 36:6 36:7 36:8 38:24 39:43

Leviticus7:24 11:32 13:48 13:51 16:29 23:3 23:21 23:25 23:28 23:30 23:31

Numbers4:3 29:1 29:12

Deuteronomy5:14

Judges16:11

1 Samuel8:16 15:9

1 Kings5:16 7:14 7:22 7:40 7:51 9:23

2 Kings12:11 12:14 12:15 22:5 22:9

1 Chronicles4:23 6:49 9:13 9:19 9:33 22:15 23:4 23:24 26:29 26:30 27:26 28:13 28:19 28:20 28:21 29:1 29:5 29:6

2 Chronicles4:11 5:1 8:9 8:16 13:10 16:5 17:13 24:12 24:13 29:34 34:12 34:13

Ezra2:69 3:8 6:22 10:13

Nehemiah4:11 4:16 4:17 4:19 4:21 4:22 5:16 6:3 6:9 6:16 7:70 7:71 10:33 11:12 11:16 11:22 13:10

Esther3:9

Psalms107:23

Proverbs18:9 22:29 24:27

Jeremiah17:22 18:3 48:10 50:25

Ezekiel15:3 15:5 28:13

Daniel8:27

Jonah1:8

Haggai1:14