מַמְלָכָה
kingdom
also: dominion, reign, sovereignty fuller range ↓
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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
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 43 times (37%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 27 times (23%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 25 times (21%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 22 times (19%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 117 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H4467 appears — 113 distinct verses across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 10:10 מַמְלַכְתּ/וֹ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 20:9 מַמְלַכְתִּ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 7 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:4 מַמְלֶ֥כֶת n c fs cs We took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we didn't take from them; sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Deuteronomy 3:10 מַמְלֶ֥כֶת n c fs cs all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Deuteronomy 3:13 מַמְלֶ֣כֶת n c fs cs and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
- Deuteronomy 3:21 הַ/מַּמְלָכ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
- Deuteronomy 17:18 מַמְלַכְתּ֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:
- Deuteronomy 17:20 מַמְלַכְתּ֛/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 10:2 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֑ה ptcl def.art + n c fs that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
- Joshua 11:10 הַ/מַּמְלָכ֥וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck the king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the head of all those kingdoms.
1 Samuel 6 verses
- 1 Samuel 10:18 הַ/מַּמְלָכ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
- 1 Samuel 13:13 מַֽמְלַכְתְּ/ךָ֛ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:14 מַמְלַכְתְּ/ךָ֣ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.
- 1 Samuel 24:20 מַמְלֶ֖כֶת n c fs cs Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
- 1 Samuel 27:5 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
- 1 Samuel 28:17 הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Yahweh has done to you, as he spoke by me: and Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.
2 Samuel 6 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:10 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
- 2 Samuel 3:28 וּ/מַמְלַכְתִּ֛/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
- 2 Samuel 5:12 מַמְלַכְתּ֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
- 2 Samuel 7:12 מַמְלַכְתּֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 7:13 מַמְלַכְתּ֖/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 2 Samuel 7:16 וּ/מַֽמְלַכְתְּ/ךָ֛ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
1 Kings 11 verses
- 1 Kings 2:46 וְ/הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֥ה conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 4:21 הַ/מַּמְלָכ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 1 Kings 9:5 מַֽמְלַכְתְּ/ךָ֛ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 10:20 מַמְלָכֽוֹת n c fp Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 1 Kings 11:11 הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
- 1 Kings 11:13 הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
- 1 Kings 11:31 הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs He said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
- 1 Kings 11:34 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
- 1 Kings 12:26 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:
- 1 Kings 14:8 הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
- 1 Kings 18:10 וּ/מַמְלָכָה֙ הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ conj + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.
2 Kings 5 verses
- 2 Kings 11:1 הַ/מַּמְלָכָֽה ptcl def.art + n c fs Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- 2 Kings 14:5 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs 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 15:19 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul one thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
- 2 Kings 19:15 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- 2 Kings 19:19 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God alone.
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 16:20 וּ/מִ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה conj + prep + n c fs They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- 1 Chronicles 29:30 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
2 Chronicles 19 verses
- 2 Chronicles 9:19 מַמְלָכָֽה n c fs Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 11:1 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
- 2 Chronicles 12:8 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
- 2 Chronicles 13:5 מַמְלָכָ֧ה n c fs Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
- 2 Chronicles 13:8 מַמְלֶ֣כֶת n c fs cs Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
- 2 Chronicles 17:5 הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 17:10 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? and aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:29 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:3 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֛ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4 מַמְלֶ֤כַת n c fs cs Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and various also of the princes of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 לְ/מַמְלָכָֽה prep + n c fs He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 23:20 הַ/מַּמְלָכָֽה ptcl def.art + n c fs He took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Yahweh: and they came through the upper gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 25:3 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Now it happened, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c fs They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 וּ/מַמְלָכָ֔ה conj + n c fs Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 מַמְלְכ֤וֹת n c fp cs Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Psalms 6 verses
- Psalms 46:6 מַמְלָכ֑וֹת n c fp The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
- Psalms 68:32 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
- Psalms 79:6 מַמְלָכ֑וֹת n c fp Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
- Psalms 102:22 וּ֝/מַמְלָכ֗וֹת conj + n c fp When the peoples are gathered together, The kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
- Psalms 105:13 מִ֝/מַּמְלָכָ֗ה prep + n c fs They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
- Psalms 135:11 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan,
Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 9:7 מַמְלַכְתּ֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will perform this.
- Isaiah 10:10 לְ/מַמְלְכֹ֖ת prep + n c fp cs As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
- Isaiah 13:4 מַמְלְכ֤וֹת n c fp cs The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of Hosts is mustering the host for the battle.
- Isaiah 13:19 מַמְלָכ֔וֹת n c fp Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 14:16 מַמְלָכֽוֹת n c fp Those who see you shall gaze at you, they shall consider you, [saying], "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
- Isaiah 17:3 וּ/מַמְלָכָ֥ה conj + n c fs The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 19:2 מַמְלָכָ֖ה בְּ/מַמְלָכָֽה n c fs prep + n c fs I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.
- Isaiah 23:11 מַמְלָכ֑וֹת n c fp He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he has shaken the kingdoms: Yahweh has given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds of it.
- Isaiah 23:17 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs It shall happen after the end of seventy years, that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.
- Isaiah 37:16 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, who sits [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- Isaiah 37:20 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.
- Isaiah 47:5 מַמְלָכֽוֹת n c fp Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
- Isaiah 60:12 וְ/הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֛ה conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
Jeremiah 17 verses
- Jeremiah 1:10 הַ/מַּמְלָכ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
- Jeremiah 1:15 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 15:4 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 18:7 מַמְלָכָ֑ה n c fs At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
- Jeremiah 18:9 מַמְלָכָ֑ה n c fs At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
- Jeremiah 24:9 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 25:26 הַ/מַּמְלְכ֣וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp cs and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
- Jeremiah 27:1 מַמְלֶ֛כֶת n c fs cs In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 27:8 וְ/הַ/מַּמְלָכָ֗ה conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
- Jeremiah 28:1 מַמְלֶ֨כֶת֙ n c fs cs It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
- Jeremiah 28:8 מַמְלָכ֣וֹת n c fp The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
- Jeremiah 29:18 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them;
- Jeremiah 34:1 מַמְלְכ֣וֹת n c fp cs The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying:
- Jeremiah 34:17 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Jeremiah 49:28 וּֽ/לְ/מַמְלְכ֣וֹת conj + prep + n c fp cs Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
- Jeremiah 51:20 מַמְלָכֽוֹת n c fp You are my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
- Jeremiah 51:27 מַמְלְכ֥וֹת n c fp cs Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 4 verses
- Ezekiel 17:14 מַמְלָכָ֣ה n c fs that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
- Ezekiel 29:14 מַמְלָכָ֥ה n c fs and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
- Ezekiel 29:15 הַ/מַּמְלָכוֹת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
- Ezekiel 37:22 מַמְלָכ֖וֹת n c fp and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 6:2 הַ/מַּמְלָכ֣וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Go to Calneh, and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border?
- Amos 7:13 מַמְלָכָ֖ה n c fs but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
- Amos 9:8 בַּ/מַּמְלָכָה֙ prep det + n c fs Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh.
Micah 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ממלכה (mamlâkâh) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “kingdom.” Beyond its headline sense, its full sense range takes in “dominion”, “reign”, and “sovereignty”. It turns up in 113 verses across 23 books, a common footprint. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 10:10. It clusters with מלך, מלוכה and מלך under a shared root. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4467 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 →
- 113
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 113 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #372
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 372 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 113 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Chronicles 19 verses 17%
- Jeremiah 17 verses 15%
- Isaiah 13 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
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 113 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 71 verses · 63%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 31 verses · 27%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 11 verses · 10%
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).
- King James Version: Kingdom 41×, Kingdoms 19×, All the kingdoms 13×
- American Standard Version: Kingdom 37×, Kingdoms 19×, All the kingdoms 9×
- Berean Standard Bible: Kingdom 46×, Kingdoms 41×, Royal 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Kingdom 52×, Kingdoms 21×, Kingdoms of 20×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4467 across 116 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 27 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 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4467 across 116 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 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 H4467 across 117 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4467 across 113 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
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 3 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.
- 1. kingdom, realm, chiefly non-Isr.: Gn 10:10 (J), 20:9 (E), Nu 32:33(×2) (P), Dt 3:4, 10, 13, 21; 28:25 Jos 11:10 (D), 1 S 10:18 1 K 5:1; 10:20; 18:10(×2) (both ‖ גּוֹי), Is 10:10 1 Ch 16:20 = ψ 105:13 (‖ עַם and גּוֹי), ψ 135:11 Is 14:16; 19:2(×2), 23:11 2 Ch 9:19; 14:4; 29:21; 32:15 (‖ גּוֹי), Ne 9:22 (‖ עַם), ψ 46:7 (‖ גוֹי), 79:6 (‖ id.), 102:23 (‖ עַם), Is 60:12 (‖ גּוֹי), so Je 1:10; 18:7, 9; 27:8; 28:8; Je 49:28; 51:20, 27 Am 6:2 Na 3:5 Zp 3:8 Hg 2:22 Ez 17:14; 29:14, 15; 37:22; מַמְלְכוֹת הַגּוֹיִם 2 Ch 20:6, cf. Is 13:4; מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ 2 K 19:15, 19 = Is 37:16, 20, 2 Ch 36:23 = Ezr 1:2, ψ 68:33 Is 23:17 Je 15:4; 24:9; 25:26; 29:18; 34:1, 17; מַמְלְכוֹת הָֽאֲרָצוֹת 1 Ch 29:30 2 Ch 12:8; 17:10; 20:29; of Isr. Am 9:8 Dt 17:20 2 S 3:28 La 2:2 2 Ch 21:4; cf. מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים Ex 19:6 (‖ גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ); of Mess. king Is 9:6; צְבִי מַמְלָכוֹת (of Babylon) Is 13:19, גְּבֶרֶת מ׳ (id.) 47:5; מִשְׁפְּחֹת מַמְלְכוֹת צָפ֫וֹנָה Je 1:15. e.g. Genesis 10:10
- 2. sovereignty, dominion 1 S 13:14 (Isr.; c. תָּקוּם), cf. 24:21; 2 Ch 13:8 מ׳ י׳ בְּיַד בְּנֵי דָּוִיד; לְךָ י׳ הַמַּמ׳ 1 Ch 29:11; חָֽזְקָה בְּיַד 2 K 14:5; ח׳ עַל 2 Ch 25:3 הֶהֱזִיק בְּיַד 2 K 15:19 cf. 2 Ch 22:9; הֵכִין מ׳ אֶל (subj. י׳) 1 S 13:13 (Isr.), cf. 2 S 7:12, 16 (‖ בַּיִת); 2 Ch 17:5 (בְּיַד) cf. 1 K 2:46 (נָכוֹנָה בְּיַד); נִשֵּׂא מ׳ (subj. י׳ 2 S 5:12; נָתַן מ׳ לְדָוִד עַל (subj. י׳) 2 Ch 13:5, cf. 21:3; קָרַע הַמּ׳ מִן (subj. י׳) 1 S 28:17 (Isr.) 1 K 11:11 (sq. מֵעַל), v 31; 14:8; מִן om. 11:13; לָקַח מִיָּדוֹ 11:34 (or = kingdom?), הֶעֱבִיר מ׳ מִן (subj. י׳), 2 S 3:10 (Isr.); נִשְׁבַּת מ׳ מִן Is 17:3; cf. תָּשׁוּב הַמּ׳ לְ 1 K 12;12:26; עדיך תאתה ובאה … מ׳ Mi 4:8; הֵשִׁיב מ׳ לְ 2 Ch 11:1; כִּסֵּא מ׳ Dt 17:18 (Isr.; יָשַׁב עַל), 2 S 7:13 (כֹּנֵן י׳), 1 K 9:5 (הֵקִים י׳) 2 Ch 23:20, כִּסֵּא מַמְלָכוֹת Hg 2:22; בֵּית מ׳ royal house Am 7:13; עָרֵי הַמּ׳ royal cities Jos 10:2 cf. 1 S 27:5; זֶרַע הַמּ׳ royal seed, children, 2 K 11:1 = 2 Ch 22:10. e.g. 1 Samuel 13:14
- 3. reign, בְּרֵאשִׁית מ׳ Je 27:1; 28:1 in the beginning of the reign of (cf. מַלְכוּת 2, מַמְלָכוּת 3). e.g. Jeremiah 27:1
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
n.f. kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign;—abs. מ׳ Jos 10:2 +; cstr. מַמְלֶ֫כֶת Ex 19:6 + 11 times (incl. Mi 4:8 before לְ); sf. מַמְלַכְתִּי Gn 20:9 +, etc.; pl. מַמְלָכוֹת Dt 3:21 +; cstr. מַמְלְכוֹת Dt 28:25 +;—
— 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.
Forms in the corpus
The 61 distinct written forms H4467 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; 1 rarer form follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4467, 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 melek H4428 king
- מלך mᵉlak H4431 counsel
- מלכות malkûwth H4438 kingdom
- מלכת mᵉleketh H4446 queen
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
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 12 — not the complete family. 4 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 106 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 113 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 10:10
- Exodus 19:6
- Numbers 32:33
- Deuteronomy 3:4
- Joshua 10:2
- 1 Samuel 10:18
- 2 Samuel 3:10
- 1 Kings 2:46
- 2 Kings 11:1
- 1 Chronicles 16:20
- 2 Chronicles 9:19
- Ezra 1:2
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.
