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4415 - melach

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מְלַח

Transliteration: melach

Definition (short): service

Definition (full): to eat salt, subsist

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: (Aramaic) denominative verb from melach

Definition: to eat salt

NASB Translation: service (1).

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

(Aramaic) corresponding to malach; to eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist -- + have maintenance.

see HEBREW malach

References

Strong's 4415: 1 Occurrences

Ezra 4:14

KJV: Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

NASB: "Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,