HebrewH4207Noun (Masculine)

מַזְלֵג

maz.leg

7Occurrences
H4207Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a fork

or (feminine) מִזְלָגָה; from an unused root meaning to draw up;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
three-pronged fork Another spelling of miz.la.gah (*מִזְלָגָה *"fork" H4207B)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַזְלֵג appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
2
Exodus
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 28:17BSB

the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers;the weight of each gold dish;the weight of each silver bowl;

1 Samuel 2:13BSB

or for the custom of the priests with the people.When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

1 Samuel 2:14BSB

and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

2 Chronicles 4:16BSB

and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles.All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

Exodus 27:3BSB

Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

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