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Lexicon :: Strong's H4428 - meleḵ

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מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
meleḵ
Pronunciation
meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199a

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,523x

The KJV translates Strong's H4428 in the following manner: king (2,518x), royal (2x), Hammelech (1x), Malcham (1x), Moloch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,523x
The KJV translates Strong's H4428 in the following manner: king (2,518x), royal (2x), Hammelech (1x), Malcham (1x), Moloch (1x).
  1. king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.
STRONGS H4428: Abbreviations
I. מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI1, 5, 10, 18, 23 מלך; l4 המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic bdb057301 king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred, LagBN 73 BaNB § 112 WMMAs. u. Europ. 76); Sabean מלכן Sab DenkmNo. 1; construct מלך, plural אמלך CISiv 37; compare Ethiopic bdb057302 God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic bdb057303, מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא EutNab. 1); — מ׳ absolute Genesis 14:7 + (insert also 2 Samuel 13:17 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr Kit Bu, and 2 Samuel 13:34 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 49:20 + 238 times (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ -); construct Genesis 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי 2 Samuel 19:4 (twice in verse) + 6 times, etc.; plural מְלָכִים Genesis 14:9 +; מְלָכִין Proverbs 31:3; construct מַלְכֵי Genesis 17:16 +; suffix מְלָכֶיהָ Isaiah 7:16 + 3 times; מַלְכֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 7:24 + 16 times, etc.; —
1. king: of Egypt Genesis 39:20f.; Exodus 1:8f.; Deuteronomy 11:3; 1 Kings 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Judges 3:8, 10; Genesis 14:1f.; 2 Kings 15:19, 20, 29; 2 Kings 17:3f.; 2 Kings 18:13f.; 2 Kings 24:1, 11f.; Ezra 1:1f.; Ezra 4:3f.; Esther 1:2 +, 1 Kings 11:18, 40; 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 17:4f.; 2 Kings 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Genesis 14:2f.; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:1, 8; Genesis 36:31; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 21:1f.; Numbers 22:4, 10; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:1f.; Joshua 2:2 (often in Joshua), Judges 1:7; Judges 5:19; Judges 8:5, 12; Judges 11:12f.; 2 Kings 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2 Samuel 8:3f.; 2 Samuel 8:9; 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1f.; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 5:1f.; 2 Kings 8:7f.; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 9:14, 15; 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:11, 16 +, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Genesis 36:31; Numbers 23:21; Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 17:14f.; Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 8:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:4f.; 1 Kings 1:33, 34f. + very often; compare also Judges 9:5. — 2 Samuel 18:29b strike out הַמּ׳ We Klo Dr Kit Bu. Note that in early books המלך דוד is nearly always said; in late books usually המלך שׁלמה וגו׳) דוד; compare Aramaic כּוֺרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא, etc.
2. of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1 Samuel 2:10 (|| מְשִׁיחוֺ), Psalm 2:6; Psalm 18:51; Psalm 89:19; Psalm 61:7, compare Psalm 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:22, 24; Zechariah 9:9.
4. in fable, king of trees Judges 9:8, 15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26; אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה מ׳ Proverbs 30:27; of death, מֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהוֺת Job 18:14.
5. combinations are: —
a. הַגָּדוֺל הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 18:19, 28 = Isaiah 36:4, 13 (of Assyrian king: compare Assyrian šarru rabu); גָּדוֺל מ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:14 (indefinite); of י׳ Malachi 1:14, עַלכֿלאֿלהים ג׳ מ׳ Psalm 95:3; מ׳ עוֺלָם Jeremiah 10:10 (of י׳); מְלָכִים מ׳ Ezekiel 26:7 (king of Babylon)
b. יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:34, 39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11; מֶלֶךְ בירושׁלם Ecclesiastes 1:1, compare Eccl 15:26; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 2:11 (בחברון עלהֿיה מ׳) 1 Kings 11:37; 2 Chronicles 28:4; Ecclesiastes 1:12.
c. following a verb (one or two accusative) על שִׂים מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:14, 15 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:19; שִׂים לָנוּ מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:5; שִׂים לְמ׳ 1 Kings 10:9; לְ נָתַן מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:6; Hosea 13:10, 11; נָתַן עַל 1 Samuel 12:13; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 13:26; הִמְלִיךְ לְמֶלֶךְ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; על הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ 1 Samuel 12:1; לְ הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:22; מָשַׁח מ׳ עַל Judges 9:8; מָשַׁח לְמ׳ 1 Kings 1:45; עַל מָשַׁךְ לְמ׳ Judges 9:15; 1 Samuel 15:1, 17; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3, 12; 2 Samuel 12:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 14:8; יִהְיֶה על מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:19; על בִּקֵּשׁ למ׳ 2 Samuel 3:17; הֵכִין לְמ׳ על 2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; על הֵקִים מ׳ 1 Kings 14:14; Deuteronomy 28:36; תַּחַת וגו׳ לְמ׳ יָשַׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא י׳ 1 Chronicles 29:23, compare Proverbs 20:8; אלהיך לְי׳ נָתַן עַלכִּֿסֵּא לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 9:8.
d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ Genesis 49:20 royal dainties, figurative; מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 25:36 royal feast (in simile); אֶבֶן הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 king's weight; יַדהַֿמּ׳ 1 Kings 10:13 royal bounty (in simile); גִּזֵּי הַמּ׳ Amos 7:1 king's mowings; מִקְדַּשׁ מ׳ Amos 7:13 royal sanctuary; עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם 2 Samuel 12:30 crown of their king = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (but read מִלְכֹּם Greek Version of the LXX We Klo Dr Kit Kau — not Bu KitChr. Hpt); compare also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק, גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc. — proper name אבימלך, אחימלך, אלימלך, מלך, נתן, מלך, עבד, see below אב, אח, etc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:1; 14:1; 14:2; 14:7; 14:9; 14:18; 17:16; 20:2; 26:1; 26:8; 36:31; 36:31; 39:20; 49:20; 49:20

Exodus

1:8

Numbers

20:14; 21:1; 22:4; 22:10; 23:21; 24:7

Deuteronomy

1:4; 3:1; 7:24; 11:3; 17:14; 17:14; 17:15; 28:36; 33:5

Joshua

2:2

Judges

1:7; 3:8; 3:10; 5:19; 8:5; 8:12; 9:5; 9:6; 9:8; 9:8; 9:15; 9:15; 11:12; 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25

1 Samuel

2:10; 2:10; 8:5; 8:5; 8:6; 8:19; 8:22; 10:19; 10:24; 12:1; 12:12; 12:13; 15:1; 15:11; 15:17; 25:36

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:4; 2:11; 3:17; 5:2; 5:3; 5:11; 5:12; 5:12; 8:3; 8:9; 12:7; 12:30; 13:17; 13:34; 14:26; 16:16; 18:29; 19:4

1 Kings

1:33; 1:34; 1:34; 1:34; 1:39; 1:45; 3:1; 5:15; 9:11; 9:16; 10:9; 10:13; 11:18; 11:37; 11:40; 14:2; 14:14; 14:25; 15:18; 20:1; 22:3

2 Kings

3:4; 5:1; 8:7; 8:29; 9:14; 9:15; 11:12; 15:19; 15:20; 15:29; 15:37; 16:5; 17:3; 17:4; 18:13; 18:19; 18:28; 23:29; 24:1; 24:11

1 Chronicles

11:3; 14:2; 14:8; 20:2; 29:23; 29:25

2 Chronicles

2:10; 9:8; 23:11; 28:4

Ezra

1:1; 4:3

Nehemiah

9:37; 13:26

Esther

1:2

Job

18:14; 41:26

Psalms

2:6; 5:3; 10:16; 24:7; 24:8; 24:9; 24:10; 29:10; 44:5; 47:3; 47:8; 48:3; 61:7; 68:25; 74:12; 84:4; 89:19; 95:3; 95:3; 98:6; 99:4; 145:1; 149:2

Proverbs

20:8; 30:27; 31:3

Ecclesiastes

1:1; 1:12; 9:14

Isaiah

7:16; 32:1; 36:4; 36:13; 41:21; 43:15; 44:6

Jeremiah

10:7; 10:10; 10:10; 23:5; 46:18; 48:15; 51:57

Ezekiel

26:7; 37:22; 37:24

Hosea

3:5; 13:10; 13:11

Amos

5:26; 7:1; 7:13

Zephaniah

3:15

Zechariah

9:9; 14:9; 14:16; 14:17

Malachi

1:14; 1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4428 matches the Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (meleḵ),
which occurs 2,522 times in 1,919 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 13 / 39 (1Ki 15:19–1Ki 21:18)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:19 - There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king H4428 of Israel, that he may depart from me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - So Benhadad hearkened unto king H4428 Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then king H4428 Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king H4428 Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings H4428 of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king H4428 of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28 - Even in the third year of Asa king H4428 of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:31 - Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings H4428 of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:32 - And there was war between Asa and Baasha king H4428 of Israel all their days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third year of Asa king H4428 of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:5 - Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings H4428 of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king H4428 of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king H4428 of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings H4428 of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king H4428 of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: H4428 wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's H4428 house, and burnt the king's H4428 house over him with fire, and died,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings H4428 of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty and first year of Asa king H4428 of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings H4428 of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king H4428 of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king H4428 of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings H4428 of Israel that were before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15 - And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king H4428 over Syria:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:16 - And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king H4428 over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - And Benhadad the king H4428 of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings H4428 with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - And he sent messengers to Ahab king H4428 of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:4 - And the king H4428 of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, H4428 according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then the king H4428 of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, H4428 All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - And the king H4428 of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:12 - And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings H4428 in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:13 - And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king H4428 of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 - And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, H4428 the thirty and two kings H4428 that helped him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king H4428 of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21 - And the king H4428 of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:22 - And the prophet came to the king H4428 of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king H4428 of Syria will come up against thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:23 - And the servants of the king H4428 of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - And do this thing, Take the kings H4428 away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king H4428 of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings H4428 of the house of Israel are merciful kings: H4428 let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king H4428 of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king H4428 of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:38 - So the prophet departed, and waited for the king H4428 by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - And as the king H4428 passed by, he cried unto the king: H4428 and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:40 - And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king H4428 of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:41 - And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king H4428 of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:43 - And the king H4428 of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king H4428 of Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:10 - And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. H4428 And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. H4428 Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - Arise, go down to meet Ahab king H4428 of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

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