מָלַט (ma.lat) means “to escape” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: maw-lat' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מָלַט · ma.lat · to escape
1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered 1a)(Niphal) 1a1) to slip away 1a2) to escape 1a3) to be delivered 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs) 1b2) to let escape 1b3) to deliver, save (life) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give birth to 1c2) to deliver 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to slip forth, slip out, escape 1d2) to escape
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a primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV glosses: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| escape | 13 |
| and escaped | 5 |
| escaped | 5 |
| have escaped | 5 |
| run | 5 |
| save | 5 |
| will escape | 3 |
| had escaped | 2 |
| i have escaped | 2 |
| to escape | 2 |
| whoever escapes | 2 |
| will be delivered | 2 |
| and deliver you | 1 |
| and escape | 1 |
| and he has escaped | 1 |
| and i will slip | 1 |
| and preserve it | 1 |
| and took refuge | 1 |
| and were set free | 1 |
| and yet escape | 1 |
| be delivered | 1 |
| can he deliver | 1 |
| deliver | 1 |
| deliver me | 1 |
| delivered us | 1 |
| escapes | 1 |
| flee | 1 |
| has escaped | 1 |
| have slipped away | 1 |
| he rescued them | 1 |
| he will deliver even | 1 |
| he would have saved | 1 |
| i rescued | 1 |
| i will surely rescue you | 1 |
| let me flee | 1 |
| let me go | 1 |
| of them escaped | 1 |
| or the woman escaping | 1 |
| release | 1 |
| rescuing him | 1 |
| saved | 1 |
| she delivered | 1 |
| she will lay | 1 |
| shoot forth | 1 |
| slipped away | 1 |
| things escape | 1 |
| to relieve | 1 |
| undisturbed | 1 |
| who have saved | 1 |
| will be retrieved | 1 |
| will be safe | 1 |
| will be saved | 1 |
| will deliver him | 1 |
| you alone will escape | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| escape | 6 |
| escaped | 6 |
| deliver | 5 |
| and escaped | 4 |
| shall be delivered | 4 |
| and i only am escaped | 3 |
| and thou shalt not escape out | 3 |
| and there escaped | 2 |
| and they escaped | 2 |
| delivered | 2 |
| shall escape | 2 |
| shall not escape | 2 |
| alone | 1 |
| am i escaped | 1 |
| and be delivered | 1 |
| and deliver | 1 |
| and he delivered | 1 |
| and her that escapeth | 1 |
| and him that escapeth | 1 |
| and how shall we escape | 1 |
| and i am escaped | 1 |
| and it is delivered | 1 |
| and lay | 1 |
| and we are escaped | 1 |
| and will deliver | 1 |
| are even delivered | 1 |
| because i delivered | 1 |
| but these shall escape | 1 |
| for i will surely | 1 |
| have saved | 1 |
| he shall be delivered | 1 |
| he shall deliver | 1 |
| he shall not escape | 1 |
| he shall not save | 1 |
| he will preserve | 1 |
| him that escapeth | 1 |
| i should speedily | 1 |
| if thou save | 1 |
| is escaped | 1 |
| leap out | 1 |
| let me get away | 1 |
| neither shall he deliver | 1 |
| not deliver | 1 |
| of her and deliver | 1 |
| of them escape | 1 |
| of them shall not be delivered | 1 |
| oh let me escape | 1 |
| or deliver | 1 |
| save | 1 |
| shall deliver | 1 |
| shall he deliver | 1 |
| shall he escape | 1 |
| shall not deliver | 1 |
| she was delivered | 1 |
| so shall i escape | 1 |
| that he is escaped | 1 |
| that thou mayest save | 1 |
| that thou shalt escape | 1 |
| thee deliver | 1 |
| thee escape | 1 |
| them and delivered | 1 |
| them and i only am escaped | 1 |
| thence and escaped | 1 |
| unto thee and were delivered | 1 |
| was escaped | 1 |
| will deliver | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 85 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Read word by wordAs no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Read word by wordNow a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
Read word by wordAnd on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
Read word by wordLike birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
Read word by wordThere the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
Read word by wordOne day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Read word by wordThe gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
Read word by wordEven to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Read word by wordCan the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
Read word by wordIndeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
Read word by word“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
Read word by wordZedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
Read word by wordAnd you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
Read word by wordBut if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
Read word by wordAll your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
Read word by wordFor I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
Read word by wordBut Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.
Read word by word“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
Read word by word‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
Read word by wordThe destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
Read word by wordStand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
Read word by wordFlee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
Read word by wordCome out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Read word by wordBut this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
Read word by wordHe despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’
Read word by wordSince he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
Read word by wordHe will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
Read word by word“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
Read word by wordAnd everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.5
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
Read word by wordThe archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
Read word by wordI saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
Read word by word“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.11
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
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