To nip
מָלַקStrong’s H4454malaq (ma-laq)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “nip off”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:”
Meaning
- (Qal) to nip, nip off (head of a bird)
How it's translated
- and he will nip off 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 2
1 book in all.
Hebrew dictionary
מָלַק malaq · to nip
(Qal) to nip, nip off (head of a bird)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nip” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NIP, verb transitive
[G. a nipping tool; to nip to cut off, to pinch.]
- To cut, bite or pinch off the end or nib, or to pinch off with the ends of the fingers.
- To cut off the end of any thing; to clip, as with a knife or scissors; as, to nip off a shoot or twig.
- To blast; to kill or destroy the end of any thing; hence, to kill; as, the frost has nipped the corn; the leaves are nipped; the plant was nipped int he bud.
- To pinch, bite or affect the extremities of any thing; as a nipping frost; hence, to pinch or bite in general; to check growth.
All definitions and other forms of “nip”
- To check circulation.
- To bite; to vex.
- To satirize keenly; to taunt sarcastically.
NIP, noun
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants; destruction by frost.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A sip or small draught; as a nip of toddy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.