Strong’s definition
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
KJV gloss list in the source
business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
Source pronunciation notation: mel-aw-kaw'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from the same as H4397 (מֲלְאָךְ);
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