Strong’s H4459 · Hebrew

מַלְתָּעָה
maltâʻâh
mal-taw-aw'

Definition

a grinder, i.e. back tooth

Etymology

transp. for H4973 (מְתַלְּעָה);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • great tooth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.