מֶ֫לֶךְ
king
H4428
Strong's Hebrew
melek
Transliteration
/meh'-lek/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
2,526
appearances
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BDB Definition
king
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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1 Kings 160 verses
- 1 Kings 11:37 מֶּ֖לֶךְ n c ms I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 12:2 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,
- 1 Kings 12:6 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?
- 1 Kings 12:12 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
- 1 Kings 12:13 הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
- 1 Kings 12:15 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 12:16 הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.
- 1 Kings 12:18 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ וְ/הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 12:28 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 13:4 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.
- 1 Kings 13:6 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
- 1 Kings 13:7 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
- 1 Kings 13:8 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
- 1 Kings 13:11 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them also they told to their father.
- 1 Kings 14:2 לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ prep + n c ms Jeroboam said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself, that you not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.
- 1 Kings 14:14 מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ n c ms Moreover Yahweh will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
- 1 Kings 14:25 לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms n c ms cs It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
- 1 Kings 14:26 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- 1 Kings 14:27 הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
- 1 Kings 14:28 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It was so, that as often as the king went into the house of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
- 1 Kings 15:1 לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ prep det + n c ms Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:18 מלך הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- 1 Kings 15:20 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
- 1 Kings 15:22 וְ/הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1 Kings 16:16 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The people who were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and has also struck the king: therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
- 1 Kings 16:18 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֶ֛לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms It happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
- 1 Kings 19:15 לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ prep + n c ms Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
- 1 Kings 19:16 לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ prep + n c ms and Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
- 1 Kings 20:1 מֶֽלֶךְ מֶ֛לֶךְ n c ms cs n c ms Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kings 20:4 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of Israel answered, It is according to your saying, my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have.
- 1 Kings 20:9 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. The messengers departed, and brought him word again.
- 1 Kings 20:12 וְ/הַ/מְּלָכִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, when [Ben Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array] against the city.
- 1 Kings 20:16 וְ/הַ/מְּלָכִ֛ים מֶ֖לֶךְ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
- 1 Kings 20:24 הַ/מְּלָכִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
- 1 Kings 20:38 לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ prep det + n c ms So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
- 1 Kings 20:39 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
- 1 Kings 21:10 וָ/מֶ֑לֶךְ conj + n c ms and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:13 וָ/מֶ֑לֶךְ conj + n c ms The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
- 1 Kings 22:6 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:8 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."
- 1 Kings 22:12 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:13 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth: please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak you good.
- 1 Kings 22:15 הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֒ הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? He answered him, Go up and prosper; and Yahweh will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:16 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?
- 1 Kings 22:26 מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
- 1 Kings 22:27 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- 1 Kings 22:35 וְ/הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
- 1 Kings 22:37 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 22:47 וּ/מֶ֥לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ conj + n c ms n c ms There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
2 Kings 116 verses
- 2 Kings 1:6 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:9 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
- 2 Kings 1:11 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
- 2 Kings 1:15 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, Go down with him: don't be afraid of him. He arose, and went down with him to the king.
- 2 Kings 3:6 הַ/מֶּ֧לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
- 2 Kings 3:10 מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/מְּלָכִ֣ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
- 2 Kings 3:13 מֶ֤לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/מְּלָכִ֣ים n c ms cs n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him, No; for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
- 2 Kings 3:21 הַ/מְּלָכִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
- 2 Kings 3:23 הַ/מְּלָכִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
- 2 Kings 4:13 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? She answered, I dwell among my own people.
- 2 Kings 5:8 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
- 2 Kings 6:12 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ לְ/מֶ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms prep + n c ms cs One of his servants said, No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
- 2 Kings 6:26 מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
- 2 Kings 6:28 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
- 2 Kings 6:30 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
- 2 Kings 7:2 לַ/מֶּלֶךְ֩ prep det + n c ms Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
- 2 Kings 7:9 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then they said one to another, We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.
- 2 Kings 7:11 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
- 2 Kings 7:12 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
- 2 Kings 7:14 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 2 Kings 7:15 לַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
- 2 Kings 7:17 וְ/הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֩ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
- 2 Kings 7:18 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;
- 2 Kings 8:3 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
- 2 Kings 8:4 וְ/הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.
- 2 Kings 8:5 לַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
- 2 Kings 8:6 הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֩ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
- 2 Kings 8:8 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
- 2 Kings 8:13 מֶ֥לֶךְ n c ms Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? Elisha answered, Yahweh has shown me that you shall be king over Syria.
- 2 Kings 8:20 מֶֽלֶךְ n c ms In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
- 2 Kings 8:29 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs n c ms cs King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Kings 9:3 לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ prep + n c ms Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and don't wait.
- 2 Kings 9:6 לְ/מֶ֛לֶךְ prep + n c ms He arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:12 לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ prep + n c ms They said, It is false; tell us now. He said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I have anointed you king over Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:15 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 9:18 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.
- 2 Kings 9:19 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.
- 2 Kings 9:34 מֶ֖לֶךְ n c ms When he was come in, he ate and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
- 2 Kings 10:4 הַ/מְּלָכִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings didn't stand before him: how then shall we stand?
- 2 Kings 10:6 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
- 2 Kings 10:7 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 10:8 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
- 2 Kings 10:13 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? They answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah: and we go down to Greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.
- 2 Kings 11:2 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, [and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
- 2 Kings 11:4 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and shown them the king's son.
- 2 Kings 11:5 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms He commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
- 2 Kings 11:7 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
- 2 Kings 11:8 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.
- 2 Kings 11:10 לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ prep det + n c ms The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 11:11 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
- 2 Kings 11:12 הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, [Long] live the king.
- 2 Kings 11:14 הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֩ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
- 2 Kings 11:16 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
- 2 Kings 11:17 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people; between the king also and the people.
- 2 Kings 11:19 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ הַ/מְּלָכִֽים ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
- 2 Kings 11:20 מלך הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. Athaliah they had slain with the sword at the king's house.
- 2 Kings 12:6 לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ prep det + n c ms But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
- 2 Kings 12:7 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the [other] priests, and said to them, Why don't you repair the breaches of the house? now therefore take no [more] money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
- 2 Kings 12:10 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 12:18 מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵ֤י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ n c ms cs n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:16 לְ/מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms He said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow; and he put his hand [on it]. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.
- 2 Kings 14:5 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
- 2 Kings 14:14 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms He took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 14:22 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 15:5 הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 15:25 מלך הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 16:8 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ לְ/מֶֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms prep + n c ms cs Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 16:10 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship of it.
- 2 Kings 16:11 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
- 2 Kings 16:12 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near to the altar, and offered thereon.
- 2 Kings 16:15 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Kings 16:16 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
- 2 Kings 16:17 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
- 2 Kings 16:18 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ מֶ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of Yahweh, because of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 18:9 לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms n c ms cs n c ms cs It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 18:13 לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms n c ms cs Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
- 2 Kings 18:15 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Hezekiah gave [him] all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh, and in the treasures of the king's house.
- 2 Kings 18:17 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֧לֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
- 2 Kings 18:18 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
- 2 Kings 18:19 הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?
- 2 Kings 18:28 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying, Hear you the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 18:29 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
- 2 Kings 18:36 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.
- 2 Kings 19:1 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 19:5 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
- 2 Kings 20:14 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to you? Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
- 2 Kings 21:23 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
- 2 Kings 21:24 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- 2 Kings 22:3 לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ הַ֠/מֶּלֶךְ prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:9 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 22:10 לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read it before the king.
- 2 Kings 22:11 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.
- 2 Kings 22:12 הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
- 2 Kings 22:20 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.
- 2 Kings 23:1 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 23:2 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:3 הַ֠/מֶּלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart, and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:4 הַ/מֶּ֡לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:12 מַלְכֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Kings 23:13 מֶֽלֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
- 2 Kings 23:21 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:23 לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ prep det + n c ms but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 23:25 מֶ֗לֶךְ n c ms Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
- 2 Kings 23:29 מֶֽלֶךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ n c ms cs n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
- 2 Kings 24:13 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs He carried out there all the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Yahweh, as Yahweh had said.
- 2 Kings 24:15 הַ֠/מֶּלֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:2 לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ prep det + n c ms So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- 2 Kings 25:4 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
- 2 Kings 25:5 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
- 2 Kings 25:6 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
- 2 Kings 25:8 לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms n c ms cs n c ms cs Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:9 הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
- 2 Kings 25:11 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms The residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
- 2 Kings 25:19 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:28 הַ/מְּלָכִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
- 2 Kings 25:30 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
1 Chronicles 47 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:43 הַ/מְּלָכִ֗ים מֶ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:23 הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they lived with the king for his work.
- 1 Chronicles 9:18 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 מֶ֔לֶךְ n c ms In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:3 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ/מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms prep + n c ms So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.
- 1 Chronicles 14:2 לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ prep + n c ms David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.
- 1 Chronicles 14:8 לְ/מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ prep + n c ms When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.
- 1 Chronicles 15:29 הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
- 1 Chronicles 16:21 מְלָכִֽים n c mp He allowed no man to do them wrong; Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
- 1 Chronicles 17:16 הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and struck him; (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11 הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
- 1 Chronicles 18:17 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
- 1 Chronicles 19:5 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
- 1 Chronicles 19:9 וְ/הַ/מְּלָכִ֣ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
- 1 Chronicles 20:1 הַ/מְּלָכִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
- 1 Chronicles 21:4 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 21:6 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23 הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give [you] the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.
- 1 Chronicles 21:24 הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms King David said to Ornan, No; but I will most assuredly buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is your for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.
- 1 Chronicles 24:6 הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 24:31 הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
- 1 Chronicles 25:2 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 25:6 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
- 1 Chronicles 26:30 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32 הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1 הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24 לַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ prep det + n c ms Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
- 1 Chronicles 27:25 הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
- 1 Chronicles 27:31 לַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ prep det + n c ms All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
- 1 Chronicles 27:32 הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c ms Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
- 1 Chronicles 27:33 לַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:
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מלך — transliterated melek — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “king.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 14:1. It appears 1,919 verses across 35 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. It shares a root with מלך, מלוכה and מלך. See the sense tree, 1,919-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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king
Modern gloss
king
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Strong's H4428 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,919
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,919 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #15
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 15 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- 2 Kings 268 verses 14%
- 1 Kings 231 verses 12%
- 2 Chronicles 218 verses 11%
By section of the Old Testament
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,919 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,231 verses · 64%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 613 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 75 verses · 4%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: King 1,741×, Kings 202×, King's 187×
- American Standard Version†: King 1,824×, Kings 192×, All the kings 24×
- Berean Standard Bible†: King 1,732×, Kings 261×, King’s 120×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: King 1,322×, King of 697×, Kings of 130×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4428 across 2,523† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 173 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4428 across 2,522† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 225 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4428 across 2,406† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 86 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 118 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4428 across 2,390† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 37 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
מלך I king (NH id.
- 1. king: of Egypt Gn 39:20 f. Ex 1:8 f. Dt 11:3 1 K 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyrian, Babyl., Pers., etc. Ju 3:8, 10 Gn 14:1 f. 2 K 15:19, 20, 29; 17:3 f.; 18:13 f.; 24:1, 11 f. Ezr 1:1 f.; 4:3 f. Est 1:2 +, 1 K 11:18, 40; 14:25 2 K 17:4 f.; 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philist., Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Gn 14:2 f. v 18; 20:2; 26:1, 8; 36:31 Nu 20:14; 21:1 f.; 22:4, 10 Dt 1:4; 3:1 f. Jos 2:2 (often in Jos), Ju 1:7; 5:19; 8:5, 12; 11:12 f.; 2 K 3:4 f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2 S 8:3 f. v 9 1 K 15:18; 20:1 f.; 22:3 2 K 5:1 f.; 8:7 f v 29; 9:14, 15; 15:37; 16:5 f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2 S 5:11; 1 K 5:15; 9:11; 16 +, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Gn 36:31 Nu 23:21; 24:7 Dt 17:14 f. Ju 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25; 1 S 2:10; 8:5 f. 2 S 2:4 f. 1 K 1:33, 34 f. + very often; cf. also Ju 9:5.—2 S 18:29b del. הַמּ׳ We Klo Dr Kit Bu. Note that in early books המלך דוד is nearly always said; in late books usually דוד (שׁלמה וגו׳) המלך; cf. Aramaic כּוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא, etc. e.g. Genesis 39:20
- 2. of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1 S 2:10 (‖ מְשִׁיחוֹ), ψ 2:6; 18:51; 89:19; 61:7, cf. 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Ho 3:5 Is 32:1 Je 23:5 Ez 37:22, 24 Zc 9:9. e.g. 1 Samuel 2:10
- 3. used of י׳ as king of Israel 1 S 12:12; poet. Dt 33:5 cf. ψ 5:3; 10:16; 29:10; 44:5; 48:3; 68:25; 74:12; 84:4; 145:1; 149:2 Is 41:21; 43:15; 44:6 Zp 3:15; מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד ψ 24:7, 8, 9, 10(×2); universal king ψ 47:3, 8; 95:3; 98:6 Je 10:7, 10, cf. 46:18; 48:15; 51:57 Zc 14:9, 16, 17 Mal 1:14; of false god Am 5:26. e.g. 1 Samuel 12:12
- 4. in fable, king of trees Ju 9:8, 15; fig. of crocodile Jb 41:26; מ׳ אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה Pr 30:27; of death, מֶלָךְ בַּלָּהוֹת Jb 18:14. e.g. Judges 9:8
- 5. combinations are:—
- a. הַמּ׳ הַגָּדוֹל 2 K 18:19, 28 = Is 36:4, 13 (of Assyrian king: cf. Assyrian šarru rabû); מ׳ גָּדוֹל Ec 9:14 (indef.); of י׳ Mal 1:14, מ׳ ג׳ עַל־כל־אלהים ψ 95:3; עוֹלָם מ׳ Je 10:10 (of י׳); מ׳ מְלָכִים Ez 26:7 (king of Babyl.) e.g. 2 Kings 18:19
- b. יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 S 10:24 2 S 16:16(×2) 1 K 1:34, 39 2 K 11:12 2 Ch 23:11; מֶלָךְ בירושׁלם Ec 1:1, cf. 1 Sa 15:26; 2 S 5:2 1 K 14:2 1 Ch 29:25 2 S 2:11 (היה מ׳ בחברון על־) 1 K 11:37 2 Ch 28:4 Ec 1:12. e.g. 1 Samuel 10:24
- c. following a very (one or two acc.) שִׂים מ׳ על Dt 17:14, 15(×2) 1 S 10:19; שִׂים לָנוּ מ׳ 1 S 8:5; שִׂים לְמ׳ 1 K 10:9; נָתַן מ׳ לְ 1 S 8:6 Ho 13:10, 11; נָתַן עַל 1 S 12:13 2 Ch 2:10 Ne 9:37; 13:26; הִמְלִיךְ לְמֶלֶךְ Ju 9:6 1 S 15:11; הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ על 1 S 12:1; הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ לְ 1 S 8:22; מָשַׁח מ׳ עַל Ju 9:8; מָשַׁח לְמ׳ 1 K 1:45; מָשַׁח לְמ׳ עַל Ju 9:15 1 S 15:1, 17; 2 S 2:4; 5:3, 12; 12:7 1 K 1:34 1 Ch 11:3; 14:8; מ׳ יִהְיֶה על 1 S 8:19; בִּקֵּשׁ למ׳ על 2 S 3:17; הֵכִין לְמ׳ על 2 S 5:12 1 Ch 14:2; הֵקִים מ׳ על 1 K 14:14 Dt 28:36; יָשַׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא י׳ לְמ׳ תַּחַת וגו׳ 1 Ch 29:23, cf. Pr 20:8; נָתַן עַל־כִּסֵּא לְמ׳ לְי׳ אלהיך 2 Ch 9:8. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:14
- d. מַעֲדַנֵּי־מֶלֶךְ Gn 49:20 royal dainties, fig.; מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ׳ 1 S 25:36 royal feast (in sim.); אֶבֶן הַמּ׳ 2 S 14:26 king’s weight; יַד־הַמּ׳ 1 K 10:13 royal bounty (in sim.); גִּזֵּי הַמּ׳ Am 7:1 king’s mowings; מִקְדַּשׁ מ׳ Am 7:13 royal sanctuary; עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם 2 S 12:30 crown of their king = 1 Ch 20:2 (but read מִלְכֹּם 𝔊 We Klo Dr Kit Kau—not Bu KitChr. Hpt); cf. also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק, גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc.—N.pr. אבימלך, אחימלך, אלימלך, נתן מלך, עבד מלך, v. sub אב, אח, etc. e.g. Genesis 49:20
מלך II m. son of Micah, a Benjamite (on מ׳ as individ. name v. GrayProp. N. 116, 112 n. 4
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. king (NH id.; MI 1.5.10.18.23 מלך; 1:4 המלכן; Ph. מלך; Zinj. מלך DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic مَلِكٌ king (orig. Heb. מַלִךְ inferred, LagBN 73 BaNB § 112 WMMAs. u. Europ. 76); Sab. מלכן SabDenkmNo. 1; cstr. מלך, pl. אמלך CISiv. 37; cf. Ethiopic አምላክ God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic ܡܠܶܟ, מְלֵיךְ; Palm. מלך מלכא VogNo. 28; Nab. מלכא EutNab. 1);—מ׳ abs. Gn 36:31 + (ins. also 2 S 13:17 𝔊 Th We Dr Kit Bu, and v 34 𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ Gn 49:20 + 238 times (so also n.pr. in -מֶלֶךְ); cstr. Gn 14:1 +; sf. מַלְכִּי 2 S 19:44 + 6 times, etc.; pl. מְלָכִים Gn 14:9 +; מְלָכִין Pr 31:3; cstr. מַלְכֵי Gn 17:6 +; sf. מְלָכֶיהָ Is 7:16 + 3 times; מַלְכֵיהֶם Dt 7:24 + 16 times, etc.;—
II. n.pr.m. son of Micah, a Benjamite (on מ׳ as individ. name v. GrayProp. N. 116, 112 n. 4; cf. Ph. n.pr. מלך (v. Bloch); Sab. n.pr. מלכם CIS iv. 1; Palm. n.pr. מלכו VogPalm. 92 al. Nab. id., EutNab 21, 4 al. VogNab. 1, 2);—1 Ch 8:35 (𝔊 Μελχηλ), 9:41 (𝔊 Μαλαχ; 𝔊L Μελχιηλ in both).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from מלך (mâlak) (H4427) — to reign.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
*מַלָּךְ
- (= מַה לָךְ) what is it to thee?; of no practical value. Sabb. 150ᵃ sq. חשבונות של מ׳ ושל מה בכך (Ms. M. מה לך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) accounts of ‘what is it to thee?’ and of ‘what is in it?’, i.e. for no practical purpose. [Oth. opin., v. Ar.]
מָלַךְ
- (b. h.) [to lead in council,] to preside; to officiate; to be ruler. B. Bath. 164ᵇ מ׳ שנה מונין לו שתים when he has been in office one year, they date (in documents) ‘the second year’. Meg. 11ᵃ (ref. to המֹלֵךְ, Esth. I, 1) מ׳ מעצמו started a dynasty with himself (had no claims of succession). Ib. מָלְכוּ בכיפה, v. כִּיפָּה. Zeb. 118ᵇ עשרה שנה שמ׳ וכ׳ ten years during which Samuel ruled alone, ושנה שמ׳ שאול וכ׳ and one year during which Saul and Samuel ruled conjointly; Tem. 15ᵃ; a. fr. e.g. Esther 1:1
- [to be led,]
- 1. to take council, to ask advice or permission. Ber. 3ᵇ נִמְלָכִין בסנהדרין they ask the Sanhedrin for their confirmation. Ib. 4ᵃ כל מה … אני נ׳ במפיבשת וכ׳ in whatever I undertake, I consult the opinion of M., my teacher. Ib. 29ᵇ וכשאתה … הִמָּלֵךְ בקונך וצא and when thou art about to go on a journey, take council of thy Maker (pray) and go out. B. Mets. 14ᵃ צריך לִימָּלֵךְ the scribe must ask for authorization (to insert in the contract); a. fr.
- 2. [to take council with one’s self,] to reconsider, change one’s mind. Gitt. III, 1. Dem. III, 2 הלוקח … ונ׳ להחזיר if one buys vegetables …. and then decides to return (the goods). Ib. 3 נטלן לאוכלן ונ׳ להצניע if he took them up to eat them and changed his mind (deciding) to keep them; a. fr.
- to appoint or elect for rulership, to acknowledge the authority of. Snh. 64ᵃ שהִמְלִיכוּהוּ עליהם, v. מוֹלֶךְ. Y. Ned. IX, beg. 41ᵇ (ref. to Ps. LXXXI, 10) זר שבקרבך אל תַּמְלִיכֵהוּ עליך allow not the tyrant within thee (the evil inclination) to rule over thee. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ אומה זו מן השמים הִמְלִיכוּהָ this (Roman) nation has been given the rulership by divine decree. R. Hash. 16ᵃ אמרו לפני … מלכיות שתַּמְלִיכוּנִי עליכם recite before me verses of homage (v. מַלְכוּת), in order that you may declare me your ruler; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 81:10
מְלַךְ
- 1. to rule. Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 8; a. fr.—Part. מָלִיךְ. Targ. Jer. XXXIII, 21 (ed. Wil. מְלִיךְ, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 10ᵃ בעינא דיִמְלַךְ וכ׳ I desire that my son Severus be king after me; ib. דיִמְלוֹךְ.—Ber. 64ᵃ מ׳ רבה Rabbah officiated (as teacher and judge); a. fr.
- 2. (mostly מליך) to decide. Targ. Is. XIV, 27. Ib. XXIII, 8 (ed. Ven. מַלִּיךְ). Ib. 9 מִילְכָהּ ed. Lag. (some ed. מלכא, read: מִלְכָהּ); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְלִיךְ. Ib. XIV, 26; a. e.
- 3. to advise. Targ. II Sam. XVII, 7. Targ. I Kings I, 12; a. fr.
- 1. to advise. Targ. Job XXVI, 3.
- 2. to decide, v. supra.
- 1. = preced. = preced. Hif. Targ. I Kings III, 7; a. fr.
- 2. to counsel, persuade. Targ. Josh. XV, 18. Targ. Y. Deut. XXX, 6; a. e.—[Targ. Prov. VIII, 15 מַמְלְכִין ed. Lag. rule (oth. ed. מלכין).]
- , אִמְּ׳ = preced. Nif.—Targ. Is. XXXII, 7; a. fr.—B. Bath. 4ᵃ בתר דעבדין מִתְמַלְּכִין do people ask for advice (or permission) after they have acted? Ber. 27ᵇ אִימְּלִיךְ וכ׳ consult my family. Ib. אזיל ואִמְּ׳ וכ׳ he went and consulted his wife. Ned. 54ᵃ כל מילתא דצריך שליחא לאִמְּלוּכֵי וכ׳ any change of order for which the messenger has to ask special authorization, is heterogeneous (to the object of the original commission); כל מילתא דמִימְּלִיךְ שליח עלה וכ׳ a change for which the messenger asks for instructions is homogeneous. Sot. 43ᵇ אי אימ׳ עלה if he reconsiders his original disposal; a. fr.
מֶלֶךְ
- preced.) leader in council, chief, king. Ber. 3ᵇ אדוננו המ׳ our lord the king! Tosef. Snh. VIII, 5, a. fr. מ׳ מלכי המלכים the Most Supreme King (the Lord). Ib. IX, 8 אפי׳ מ׳ של מלכים even a king of kings (great sovereign). Snh. 38ᵃ, a. fr. מ׳ בו"ד (v. בָּשָׂר) a human chief. Ab. Zar. 10ᵃ אין מושיבין מ׳ בן מ׳ they (the Romans) do not allow the son of a king to succeed his father. Kerith. 5ᵇ מ׳ ראשון a first king, starter of a dynasty. Shebu. 6ᵇ מַלְכֹּו של זה this hyparch’s chief. Num. R. s. 18 משה מ׳ וכ׳ Moses has made himself the chief, and Aaron is high priest &c.; a. v. fr.—Pl. מְלָכִים. Hor. 12ᵃ כיצד מושחין את המ׳ וכ׳ how are kings anointed? By drawing with the oil the outlines of a crown; Ker. 5ᵇ. Ib. מַלְכֵי בית דוד the kings of the house of David (southern kingdom); מ׳ ישראל the kings of the northern kingdom; a. v. fr.—בַּת מְ׳ Princess, name of a demon afflicting the eye, also a certain disorder of the eye, v. בַּת I. Sabb. 109ᵃ (Var. בת חורין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).—Pl. בנות מֶלֶךְ. Tosef. B. Kam. IX, 27 יצאו בנות מ׳ the ‘princesses’ (humors of the eye) escaped (in consequence of a blow).
מֶלֶךְ ²
- Targ. Ps. XXIV, 7; 9. Targ. Ex. I, 8; a. fr.—Snh. 110ᵃ איהו הוה מ׳ he (Moses) himself is chief. Y. Yeb. XVI, 15ᶜ, v. אָרְסְקִינָס. Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵇ bot. אתעביד מ׳ he (Dioclet) became king; a. fr.—Pl. מַלְכֵין, מַלְכַיָּא, מַלְכֵי. Targ. Gen. XVII, 6. Ib. XIV, 5. Targ. Prov. VIII, 15; a. fr.—Gitt. 62ᵃ שלמא עלייכו מ׳ (to scholars) peace be with you, chiefs!—Shebu. 6ᵇ תרי מ׳ וכ׳ two kings and two viceroys (hyparchs); a. fr.
מֵלַךְ
- (preced. wds.) counsel, advice. Targ. Is. III, 3. Targ. Y. Deut. VIII, 18 (O. עצה; h. text כֹּחַ); a. fr.—Pl. מִלְכִין, מִלְכַיָּא, מִי׳. Targ. Is. XXV, 1. Targ. Job XII, 17 (not מַ׳). Targ. Hos. X, 6; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 242 distinct written forms H4428 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 182 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4428, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- מלוכה mᵉlûwkâh H4410 kingship
- מלך mᵉlak H4431 counsel
- מלכות malkûwth H4438 kingdom
- מלכת mᵉleketh H4446 queen
- ממלכה mamlâkâh H4467 kingdom
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ימלך Yamlêk H3230 Jamlech
- מלוך Mallûwk H4409 Malluch
- מלך Môlek H4432 Molech
- מלכת Môleketh H4447 Hammoleketh
- מלך Melek H4429 Melech
- מלכיאל Malkîyʼêl H4439 Malchiel
- מלכיה Malkîyâh H4441 Malchijah
- מלכיצדק Malkîy-Tsedeq H4442 Melchizedek
- מלכירם Malkîyrâm H4443 Malchiram
- מלכישוע Malkîyshûwaʻ H4444 Malchishua
- מלכם Malkâm H4445 Milcom
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 20 — not the complete family. 11 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,799 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,919 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 14:1
- Exodus 1:8
- Numbers 20:14
- Deuteronomy 1:4
- Joshua 2:2
- Judges 1:7
- 1 Samuel 2:10
- 2 Samuel 2:4
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 1:3
- 1 Chronicles 3:2
- 2 Chronicles 1:12
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
