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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 69 times in 60 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ch 1:43–1Ch 28:1)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 -

Now these are the kings H4428 who reigned in the land of Edom before any king H4428 of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 -

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king H4428 of Geshur;

the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 -

These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king H4428 for his work.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - And these, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king H4428 of Judah, and struck down their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and devoted them to destruction to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 -

Beerah his son, whom [fn]Tilgath-pilneser king H4428 of Assyria took away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All of these were recorded in the genealogies in the days of Jotham king H4428 of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king H4428 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king H4428 of Assyria, even the spirit of [fn]Tilgath-pilneser, king H4428 of Assyria, and he took them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 -

So all Israel was recorded by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings H4428 of Israel. And Judah was taken away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 -

being stationed until now at the king’s H4428 gate to the east).

These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - “Previously, even when Saul was king H4428, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over My people Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king H4428 at Hebron, and David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; then they anointed David king H4428 over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh through Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

Then Hiram king H4428 of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king H4428 over Israel, and that his kingdom was lifted up, for the sake of His people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 -

Then the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king H4428 over all Israel, so all the Philistines went up to seek out David. And David heard of it and went out against them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 -

Now it happened as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King H4428 David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 -

He permitted no man to oppress them,

And He reproved kings H4428 for their sakes,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:16 -

Then David the king H4428 went in and sat before Yahweh and said, “Who am I, O Yahweh God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 -

Then David struck Hadadezer king H4428 of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to set up his [fn]power at the Euphrates River.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 -

Then the Arameans of [fn]Damascus came to help Hadadezer king H4428 of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 men of the Arameans.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 -

Then [fn]Tou king H4428 of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the military force of Hadadezer king H4428 of Zobah,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - so he sent [fn]Hadoram his son to King H4428 David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King H4428 David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s H4428 side.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that Nahash the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - Then certain persons went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonored. And the king H4428 said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves 32,000 chariots, and the king H4428 of Maacah and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the city. But the kings H4428 who had come were by themselves in the field.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when kings H4428 go out to battle, that Joab led out the force of the military and brought the land of the sons of Ammon to ruin, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and [fn]tore it down.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - Then David took the crown of [fn]their king H4428 from his head; and he found it to weigh a [fn]talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in a very great amount.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab said, “May Yahweh add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king H4428, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4 - Nevertheless, the king’s H4428 word stood strong against Joab. So, Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he did not [fn]number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s H4428 [fn]command was abominable to Joab.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - And Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself; and let my lord the king H4428 do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give everything.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - However, King H4428 David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not lift up what is yours to Yahweh, or offer a burnt offering [fn]which costs me nothing.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, wrote them down in the presence of the king H4428, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 -

These also cast lots alongside their [fn]relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king H4428, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households alongside those of his younger brother.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 -

Of the sons of Asaph:

Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and [fn]Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the [fn]direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the [fn]direction of the king H4428.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 -

All these were the sons of Heman the king’s H4428 seer to [fn]exalt him according to the words of God. So God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the [fn]direction of their father to sing in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the [fn]direction of the king H4428.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Shelomoth and his relatives were over all the treasures of the holy gifts which King H4428 David and the heads of the fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had set apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 men of valor, were over the administration of Israel across the Jordan to the west, for all the work of Yahweh and the service of the king H4428.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - and his relatives, men of valor, were 2,700 in number, heads of fathers’ households. And King H4428 David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning [fn]all the affairs of God and of the king H4428.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

Now this is the total count of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king H4428 in each matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to number them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and [fn]this count was not included in the total count of the chronicles of King H4428 David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 -

Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s H4428 storehouses.

And Jonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:31 -

Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks.

All these were officials over the possessions which belonged to King H4428 David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 -

Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe;

and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s H4428 sons.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 -

Ahithophel was counselor to the king H4428;

and Hushai the Archite was the king’s H4428 friend.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 -

Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar [fn]succeeded Ahithophel;

and Joab was the commander of the king’s H4428 army.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 -

And David assembled at Jerusalem all the commanders of Israel, the commanders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that ministered to the king H4428, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the commanders over all the property and livestock belonging to the king H4428 and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor.


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