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Lexicon :: Strong's H4427 - mālaḵ

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מָלַךְ
Transliteration
mālaḵ
Pronunciation
maw-lak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1199,1200

Strong’s Definitions

מָלַךְ mâlak, maw-lak'; a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 348x

The KJV translates Strong's H4427 in the following manner: reign (289x), king (46x), made (4x), queen (2x), consulted (1x), indeed (1x), make (1x), rule (1x), set (1x), surely (1x), set up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 348x
The KJV translates Strong's H4427 in the following manner: reign (289x), king (46x), made (4x), queen (2x), consulted (1x), indeed (1x), make (1x), rule (1x), set (1x), surely (1x), set up (1x).
  1. to be or become king or queen, reign

    1. (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign

    2. (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign

    3. (Hophal) to be made king or queen

  2. to counsel, advise

    1. (Niphal) to consider

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָלַךְ mâlak, maw-lak'; a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.
STRONGS H4427: Abbreviations
† II. מָלַךְ 346 verb denominative be, or become king, or queen, reign; —
Qal296 Perfect מ׳ Joshua 13:10 + etc.; Imperfect יִמְלֹךְ (לוֺךְ-) Exodus 15:18 +; וַיִּמְלֹךְ Genesis 36:32 +; 2nd person masculine singular תִּמְלֹךְ Genesis 37:8 +, (הֲתִֽמֲלֹךְ Jeremiah 22:15 Baer); Imperative מְלָךְֿ Judges 9:14; מָלְכָה Judges 9:8; מָלְכִי Judges 9:10, 12; Infinitive absolute מָלֹךְ Genesis 37:8; 1 Samuel 24:21; construct. מְלֹךְ 1 Kings 2:15 +; suffix מָלְכוֺ 1 Samuel 13:1 +; Participle מֹלֵךְ Jeremiah 22:11 + 2 times; מֹלֶכֶת 2 Kings 11:3 2 Chronicles 22:12; — be (become) king, reign, mostly of Hebrew kings, 2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 16:22; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Kings 9:13, but also generally Proverbs 8:15; Proverbs 30:22; of Canaanite, Edomite, Aramaic, Assyrian, Persian kings, etc.: Judges 4:2; Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 11:25; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 19:37; Esther 1:1 +; followed by בְּ local (usually city) Joshua 13:10, 12; Judges 4:2; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 11:24; 1 Kings 14:21 + often; but also Genesis 36:31, 32; 1 Chronicles 1:43 בְּארץ, and even בְּכֹלאֲשֶׁרתְּֿאַוֶּה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 3:21; followed by עַל with people or land 1 Samuel 8:9, 11; 1 Samuel 12:14; 1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Kings 15:1, 9; 1 Kings 16:23 + often; followed by בְּ local + עַל territory (or population) 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 11:42; followed by תַּחַת (חַחְתָּיו) 2 Samuel 16:8; Genesis 36:33f. = 1 Chronicles 1:44f., 1 Kings 14:20, 31; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 13:24; Jeremiah 22:11 + often; subject God, followed by על Psalm 47:9; Micah 4:7; Ezekiel 20:33; 1 Samuel 8:7; followed by בְּ Isaiah 24:23; absolute Exodus 15:18; Isaiah 52:7; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 96:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 97:1; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 146:10 +; subject future (Messianic) king Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; subject a woman (= be queen) 2 Kings 11:3 2 Chronicles 22:12 (both followed by עַל), Esther 2:4 followed by תַּחַת; Imperative only in fable, king of trees, Judges 9:8, 10, 12, 14 all followed by על; בְּמָלְכוֺ especially = when he began to reign, became king 1 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 14:21 + often; Infinitive also = reign: בְּשְׁנַת שְׁמֹנֶה לְמָלְכוֺ 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 25:1, compare 2 Kings 25:27; 1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 16:13; 17:7; 29:3; 34:3, 8, compare עַד מְלֹךְ דָּוִד 1 Chronicles 4:31; עַד מְלֹךְ פָּרָס מַלְכוּת 2 Chronicles 36:20; began to reign and reigned מָלַךְ וַיִּמְלֹךְ 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 16:29; 2 Kings 3:1 +; often מָלַךְ alone with same meaning 1 Kings 16:23; 2 Kings 13:1, 10; 2 Kings 14:23 +.
Hiph. Perfect הִמְלִיךְ 1 Samuel 15:35 + 2 times; הִמְלַ֫כְתָּ 1 Kings 3:7, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּמְלֵךְ 2Ki 33:34 + 4 times; וַיַּמְלִיכוּ Judges 9:6 + etc.; Infinitive construct הַמְלִיךְ 1 Kings 12:1 + etc.; Participle מַמְלִךְֻ Ezekiel 17:16; — make king, or queen, cause to reign, followed by accusative of person Judges 9:16; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 1:43; 1 Kings 12:1; 1 Kings 16:21; 2 Kings 10:5; 2 Kings 11:12 (anointing and coronation) = 2 Chronicles 23:11; 2 Kings 17:21; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 12:32; 1 Chronicles 12:39; 2 Chronicles 10:1; 11:22; Ezekiel 17:16; followed by לִשׁלמֹה (לְ of direct object, as Aramaic) 1 Chronicles 29:22; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb 1 Samuel 8:22 (+ לָהֶם), 1 Samuel 12:1 (+ על), Isaiah 7:6 (+ בְּתוֺךְ); followed by לְמֶלֶךְ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; followed by accusative of person + בְּ local Jeremiah 37:1; + עַל Judges 9:18; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Kings 12:20; 1 Kings 16:16; 2 Kings 8:20; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Chronicles 28:4 (accusative omitted), 1 Chronicles 23:1; 2 Chronicles 1:9, 11; 21:8; 36:4, 10, compare 2 Samuel 2:9 (3 times עֲלֿ, + 3 times אֶלֿ); + תַּחַת 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 14:21; 2 Kings 21:24; 2 Kings 23:30 (anointing), 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Chronicles 1:8; 22:1; 26:1; 33:25; 36:1; Esther 2:17 (= make queen at coronation); absolute Hosea 8:4.
Hoph. Perfect הָמְלַךְ עַל מַלְכוּת כַּשְׂדִּים Daniel 9:1.

II. [מָלַךְ] verb counsel, advise (loan-word from Aram. bdb057601, מְלַח; compare Assyrian malâku, DlHWB 412); — only
Niph. (so Late Hebrew) Imperfect לִבִּי עָלַי וַיִּמָּלֵךָ i. e. I considered carefully, Nehemiah 5:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:31; 36:31; 36:32; 36:32; 36:33; 37:8; 37:8

Exodus

15:18; 15:18

Joshua

13:10; 13:10; 13:12

Judges

4:2; 4:2; 9:6; 9:6; 9:8; 9:8; 9:10; 9:10; 9:12; 9:12; 9:14; 9:14; 9:16; 9:18

1 Samuel

8:7; 8:9; 8:11; 8:22; 11:15; 12:1; 12:14; 13:1; 13:1; 13:1; 15:11; 15:35; 15:35; 24:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:10; 2:10; 3:21; 5:5; 5:5; 16:8

1 Kings

1:43; 2:15; 3:7; 3:7; 6:1; 11:24; 11:25; 11:42; 12:1; 12:1; 12:20; 14:20; 14:21; 14:21; 14:31; 15:1; 15:9; 15:25; 16:16; 16:21; 16:22; 16:23; 16:23; 16:29

2 Kings

3:1; 3:1; 8:15; 8:15; 8:20; 9:13; 10:5; 11:3; 11:3; 11:12; 13:1; 13:10; 13:24; 14:21; 14:23; 17:21; 19:37; 21:24; 23:30; 23:34; 24:12; 24:17; 25:1; 25:27

1 Chronicles

1:43; 1:44; 4:31; 11:10; 12:32; 12:38; 12:39; 16:31; 23:1; 28:4; 29:22

2 Chronicles

1:8; 1:9; 1:11; 10:1; 11:22; 16:13; 17:7; 21:8; 22:1; 22:12; 22:12; 23:11; 26:1; 29:3; 33:25; 34:3; 34:8; 36:1; 36:4; 36:10; 36:20

Nehemiah

5:7

Esther

1:1; 2:4; 2:17

Psalms

47:9; 93:1; 96:10; 97:1; 99:1; 146:10

Proverbs

8:15; 30:22

Isaiah

7:6; 24:23; 32:1; 52:7

Jeremiah

22:11; 22:11; 22:15; 23:5; 37:1

Ezekiel

17:16; 17:16; 20:33

Daniel

9:1

Hosea

8:4

Micah

4:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4427 matches the Hebrew מָלַךְ (mālaḵ),
which occurs 79 times in 57 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ch 1:8–2Ch 36:2)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - And Solomon said to God, “You have dealt with my father David with great faithfulness, and have made H4427 me king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - “Now, LORD God, Your [fn]promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made H4427 me king H4427 over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - Then God said to Solomon, “Because this was [fn]in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor did you even ask for long life, but you asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge so that you may rule My people over whom I have made H4427 you king H4427,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:13 - So Solomon went [fn]from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned H4427 over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Solomon reigned H4427 in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 -

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make H4427 him king H4427.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:17 - But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned H4427 over them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make H4427 him king H4427.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 -

So King Rehoboam became powerful in Jerusalem and reigned H4427 there. For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign H4427, and he reigned H4427 for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah became H4427 king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:1 -

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became H4427 king H4427 over Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned H4427 in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother’s name was [fn]Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.

Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 -

[fn]So Abijah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and his son Asa became H4427 king H4427 in his place. The land was undisturbed for ten years during his days.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - So Asa [fn]lay down with his fathers, and died in the forty-first year of his reign H4427.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:1 -

His son Jehoshaphat then became H4427 king H4427 in his place, and he proved himself strong over Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7 -

Then in the third year of his reign H4427 he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 -

Now Jehoshaphat reigned H4427 over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 -

Then Jehoshaphat [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Jehoram became H4427 king H4427 in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:5 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for eight years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8 -

In his days Edom broke away [fn]from the rule of Judah, and appointed H4427 a king over themselves.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem for eight years; and he departed [fn]with no one’s regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 -

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made H4427 [fn]Ahaziah, his youngest son, king H4427 in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign H4427.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was [fn]twenty-two years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the [fn]granddaughter of Omri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - He kept himself hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah reigned H4427 over the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:3 - Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And [fn]Jehoiada said to them, “Behold, the king’s son shall reign H4427, as the LORD has spoken concerning the sons of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:11 - Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony and made H4427 him king H4427. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, “Long live the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 -

Joash was seven years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:27 - As to his sons and the many pronouncements against him and the [fn]rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the [fn]treatise of the Book of the Kings. Then his son Amaziah became H4427 king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 -

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 -

Now all the people of Judah took [fn]Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made H4427 him king H4427 in place of his father Amaziah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - So Uzziah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He had leprosy.” And his son Jotham became H4427 king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 -

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was twenty-five years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem for sixteen years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and his son Ahaz became H4427 king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 -

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem for sixteen years. He did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD as his father David had done.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - So Ahaz [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel; and his son Hezekiah reigned H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 -

Hezekiah became H4427 king H4427 when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned H4427 for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:3 -

In the first year of his reign H4427, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - So Hezekiah [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the [fn]upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became H4427 king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1 -

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:20 - So Manasseh [fn]lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon became H4427 king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:21 -

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for two years in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - But the people of the land [fn]killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made H4427 his son Josiah king H4427 in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 -

Josiah was eight years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign H4427 while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the [fn]Asherim, the carved images, and the cast metal images.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 -

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign H4427, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah an official of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the secretary, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 -

Then the people of the land took [fn]Joahaz the son of Josiah and made H4427 him king H4427 in place of his father in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for three months in Jerusalem.

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