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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 2,526 times in 1,919 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 39 (Num 31:8–Jos 10:37)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings H4428 of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings H4428 of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 - And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king H4428 of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:40 - And king H4428 Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - After he had slain Sihon the king H4428 of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king H4428 of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king H4428 of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king H4428 of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:3 - So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king H4428 of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 - And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings H4428 of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og king H4428 of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: H4428 so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king H4428 of Bashan, two kings H4428 of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king H4428 of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:24 - And he shall deliver their kings H4428 into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:3 - And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king H4428 of Egypt, and unto all his land;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:14 - When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king H4428 over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - Thou shalt in any wise set him king H4428 over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king H4428 over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king H4428 which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king H4428 of Heshbon, and Og the king H4428 of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 - And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings H4428 of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 - And he was king H4428 in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - And it was told the king H4428 of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - And the king H4428 of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings H4428 of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - And it came to pass, when all the kings H4428 of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings H4428 of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king H4428 thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 - And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king H4428 of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - And thou shalt do to Ai and her king H4428 as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: H4428 only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it came to pass, when the king H4428 of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - And the king H4428 of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And the king H4428 of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - And it came to pass, when all the kings H4428 which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - And all that he did to the two kings H4428 of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon, and to Og king H4428 of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king H4428 of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, H4428 so he had done to Ai and her king; H4428 and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - Wherefore Adonizedek king H4428 of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king H4428 of Hebron, and unto Piram king H4428 of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king H4428 of Lachish, and unto Debir king H4428 of Eglon, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - Therefore the five kings H4428 of the Amorites, the king H4428 of Jerusalem, the king H4428 of Hebron, the king H4428 of Jarmuth, the king H4428 of Lachish, the king H4428 of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings H4428 of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - But these five kings H4428 fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings H4428 are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings H4428 unto me out of the cave.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - And they did so, and brought forth those five kings H4428 unto him out of the cave, the king H4428 of Jerusalem, the king H4428 of Hebron, the king H4428 of Jarmuth, the king H4428 of Lachish, and the king H4428 of Eglon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings H4428 unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. H4428 And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king H4428 thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king H4428 of Makkedah as he did unto the king H4428 of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And the LORD delivered it also, and the king H4428 thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king H4428 thereof as he did unto the king H4428 of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - Then Horam king H4428 of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king H4428 thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

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