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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 4 / 39 (Jdg 5:19–1Sa 16:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 -

“The kings H4428 came and fought;

Then fought the kings H4428 of Canaan

At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo;

They took no gain of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings H4428 of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna fled. And he pursued them and captured the two kings H4428 of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw the whole camp into utter fright.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 -

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” And they said, “They were like you, each one [fn]resembling the son of a king H4428.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - And the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings H4428 of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - Then all the lords of Shechem and all [fn]Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king H4428, by the [fn]oak of the pillar which was in Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - “The trees surely went forth to anoint a king H4428 over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - “And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in [fn]truth you are anointing me as king H4428 over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 -

And Jephthah sent messengers to the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - Then the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan; so now, return them peaceably.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - then Israel sent messengers to the king H4428 of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king H4428 of Edom would not listen. And they also sent to the king H4428 of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - ‘And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, the king H4428 of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please let us pass through your land to our place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘So now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king H4428 of Moab? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - But the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon did not listen to the words which Jephthah sent him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days there was no king H4428 in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 -

In those days there was no king H4428 of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day the land among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them as an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 -

Now it happened in those days, when there was no king H4428 in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 -

In those days there was no king H4428 in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 -

“Those who contend with Yahweh will be dismayed;

Against them He will thunder in the heavens;

Yahweh will render justice to the ends of the earth,

And He will give strength to His king H4428,

And He will exalt the [fn]horn of His anointed.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king H4428 for us to judge us like all the nations.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - But the thing was evil in the sight of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king H4428 to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - “So now, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly [fn]testify to them and tell them of the [fn]custom of the king H4428 who will reign over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:10 -

So Samuel spoke all the words of Yahweh to the people who had asked of him a king H4428.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - And he said, “This will be the [fn]custom of the king H4428 who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - “Then you will cry out in that day because of your king H4428 whom you have chosen for yourselves, but Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 -

Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king H4428 over us,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - that we also may be like all the nations, that our king H4428 may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and [fn]appoint them a king H4428.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but set a king H4428 over us!’ So now, take your stand before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:24 - And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people.” So all the people shouted and said, “[fn]Long live the king H4428!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:1 -

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and I have [fn]appointed a king H4428 over you.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:2 - “So now, here is the king H4428 walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - “But they forgot Yahweh their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king H4428 of Moab, and they fought against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But you saw that Nahash the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, ‘No, but a king H4428 shall reign over us,’ although Yahweh your God was your king H4428.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:13 - “So now, behold, the king H4428 whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, Yahweh has set a king H4428 over you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “If you will fear Yahweh and serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [fn]command of Yahweh, then both you and also the king H4428 who reigns over you will follow Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - “Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that He may send [fn]thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for yourselves a king H4428.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 -

Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king H4428.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - “But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king H4428 will be swept away.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 -

Now Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, and he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings H4428 of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he [fn]inflicted punishment.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:1 -

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you as king H4428 over His people, over Israel; so now, [fn]obey the voice of the words of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he seized Agag the king H4428 of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - “I regret that I have made Saul king H4428, for he has turned back from [fn]following Me and has not established My words.” And Samuel became angry and cried out to Yahweh all night.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 -

And Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king H4428 over Israel,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 -

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did [fn]obey the voice of Yahweh and went on the way on which Yahweh sent me and have brought back Agag the king H4428 of Amalek and have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 -

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,

And insubordination is as wickedness and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh,

He has also rejected you from being king H4428.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king H4428 over Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 -

Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag near to me, the king H4428 of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him [fn]in chains. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has departed.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 -

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you be grieving over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I see among his sons a king H4428 for Me.”


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