מָלַט malat

Hebrew word for “to escape” · Strong’s H4422 · used 95 times in 85 verses

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Meaning

1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered;

How it is translated

Glosses given for malat in context, with how often each is used:

• escaped 14
• will escape 13
• escape 9
• will be delivered 5
• have escaped ! 5
• save 4
• delivered 4
• has escaped 3
• have escaped 3
• will deliver 3
• will save 3
• rescued 2

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 19 (5), Genesis 19 (4), Job 1 (4), Jeremiah 48 (3), Judges 3 (2), 1 Samuel 22 (2), 2 Samuel 19 (2), Isaiah 46 (2), Isaiah 49 (2), Jeremiah 38 (2)

Forms

• ימלט 21
• וימלט 9
• נמלט 8
• המלט 4
• ואמלטה 4
• תמלט 4
• נמלטו 3
• מלט 3
• להמלט 2
• אמלטה 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with malat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 19
• נוּס nus “to flee” 10
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 10
• דָּוִד david “David” 11
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 7
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 7
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 6
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 9
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 6
• תָּפַשׂ taphas “to capture” 4
• בָּרַח barach “to flee” 4
• אֲנִי ani “I” 7

Key verses

The verses using malat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of…
• Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
• Psalms 41:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Isaiah 49:24 — Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
• Isaiah 49:25 — But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that…
• Jeremiah 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render…
• Ezekiel 17:15 — But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that…
• Daniel 12:1 — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never…
• Joel 2:32 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as…
• Amos 2:14 — Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
• Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will…
• Malachi 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.