H4973 מְתַלְּעָה

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

מְתַלְּעָה

mᵉthallᵉʻâh · meth-al-leh-aw'

Definition

properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth

KJV Renderings

cheek (jaw) tooth, jaw.

Derivation / Etymology

contr. from H3216 (יָלַע);

KJV Verses (3)

Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Joel 1:6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.