Strongs Number: H4422
- Hebrew Word
- מָלַט
- Transliteration
- mâlaṭ
- Phonetic
- maw-lat'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to be {smooth} that {is} (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively to release or rescue; specifically to bring forth {young} emit sparks
- BDB Definition
-
1. to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered
a. (Niphal)
1. to slip away
2. to escape
3. to be delivered
b. (Piel)
1. to lay, let slip out (of eggs)
2. to let escape
3. to deliver, save (life)
c. (Hiphil)
1. to give birth to
2. to deliver
d. (Hithpael)
1. to slip forth, slip out, escape
2. to escape
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- deliver ({self}) {escape} {lay} leap {out} let {alone} let {go} {preserve} {save} X-(idiom) {speedily} X-(idiom) surely.