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Lexicon :: Strong's H4438 - malḵûṯ

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מַלְכוּת
Transliteration
malḵûṯ
Pronunciation
mal-kooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199e

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכוּת malkûwth, mal-kooth'; or מַלְכֻת malkuth; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh; from H4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H4438 in the following manner: kingdom (51x), reign (21x), royal (13x), realm (4x), empire (1x), estate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H4438 in the following manner: kingdom (51x), reign (21x), royal (13x), realm (4x), empire (1x), estate (1x).

  1. royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power

    1. royal power, dominion

    2. reign

    3. kingdom, realm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכוּת malkûwth, mal-kooth'; or מַלְכֻת malkuth; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh; from H4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
STRONGS H4438: Abbreviations
† מַלְכוּת noun feminine royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom (chiefly late); — מ׳ absolute Esther 1:9 +; construct 1 Chronicles 12:23 +; suffix מַלְכוּתִי 1 Chronicles 17:14, etc.; plural מַלְכֻיּוֺת Daniel 8:22; —
1. royal power, dominion Numbers 24:7 (with תִּנַשֵּׂא), 1 Samuel 20:31 (with תִּכּוֺן), 1 Kings 2:12 (with id.); compare Jeremiah 10:7; Ecclesiastes 4:14; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 12:23; 1 Chronicles 29:30 (|| גְּבוּרָה), 2 Chronicles 33:13; Esther 1:19, royal (queenly) dignity Esther 4:14; 1 Chronicles 14:2 (with נִשֵּׂאת); with לָכַד Daniel 11:21; with הֵכִין (subject י׳) 1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Chronicles 28:7; 2 Chronicles 12:1 (subject Rehoboam); Israel royalty as belonging to י׳ 1 Chronicles 17:14; dominion of י׳ Psalm 103:19 (with מָֽשְׁלָה), Psalm 145:13 (twice in verse); כְּבוֺד מ׳ Psalm 145:11; כְּבוֺד הֲדַר מ׳ Psalm 145:12; שֵׁבֶט מ׳ Psalm 45:7; כִּסֵּא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 7:18; of Persia Esther 1:2; Esther 5:1; בַּיִת לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 2:11; בֵּית מ׳ Esther 1:9; Esther 2:16; Esther 5:1 (compare Assyrian bit šarruti DlHWB 171); יֵין מ׳ royal wine Esther 1:7; דְּבַר מ׳ royal command Esther 1:19; הוֺד מ׳ royal honour, majesty 1 Chronicles 29:25; Daniel 11:21; so perhaps also הֶדֶר מ׳ Daniel 11:20 see Bev; עשֶׁר בְּבוֺד מ׳ Esther 1:4; כֶּתֶר מ׳ royal crown Esther 1:11; Esther 2:17; Esther 6:8; לְבוּשׁ מ׳ royal apparel Esther 6:8; Esther 8:15; מ׳ (לְבוּשׁ omitted) Esther 5:1 (queenly attire).
2. reign: 40th year of reign of David 1 Chronicles 26:31 compare 2 Chronicles 3:2; 15:10, 19; 16:1, 12; 35:19; Jeremiah 49:34; Daniel 1:1; also 2 Chronicles 29:19; of Babylonian and Persian kings Jeremiah 52:31 (בִּשְׁנַת מ׳ || 2 Kings 25:27 מָלְכוֺ) Daniel 2:1; Daniel 8:1; Ezra 4:5, 6 (twice in verse); Ezra 7:1; Ezra 8:1; Nehemiah 12:22; Esther 2:16; compare פָּרָס מַלְכוּת עַדמְֿלֹח 2 Chronicles 36:20.
3. kingdom, realm 2 Chronicles 1:1; 11:17; 20:30; Nehemiah 9:35; especially realm of Babylonia and Persia 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; Esther 1:14, 20; Esther 2:3; Esther 3:6, 8; Esther 5:3, 6; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:30; Daniel 8:22; Daniel 9:1; Daniel 10:13; compare Daniel 11:2, 4 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:9, 17; Daniel 11:20 הֶדֶר מ׳ = Jerusalem according to Hi., but see 1 above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:7

1 Samuel

20:31

1 Kings

2:12

2 Kings

25:27

1 Chronicles

11:10; 12:23; 12:23; 14:2; 17:11; 17:14; 17:14; 22:10; 26:31; 28:5; 28:7; 29:25; 29:30

2 Chronicles

1:1; 2:11; 3:2; 7:18; 11:17; 12:1; 15:10; 15:19; 16:1; 16:12; 20:30; 29:19; 33:13; 35:19; 36:20; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 4:5; 4:6; 7:1; 8:1

Nehemiah

9:35; 12:22

Esther

1:2; 1:4; 1:7; 1:9; 1:9; 1:11; 1:14; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 2:3; 2:16; 2:16; 2:17; 3:6; 3:8; 4:14; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1; 5:3; 5:6; 6:8; 6:8; 7:2; 8:15; 9:30

Psalms

45:7; 103:19; 145:11; 145:12; 145:13

Ecclesiastes

4:14

Jeremiah

10:7; 49:34; 52:31

Daniel

1:1; 2:1; 8:1; 8:22; 8:22; 9:1; 10:13; 11:2; 11:4; 11:9; 11:17; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:21

H4438

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Strong's Number H4438 matches the Hebrew מַלְכוּת (malḵûṯ),
which occurs 91 times in 82 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Est 3:8–Dan 11:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom H4438; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not [fn]comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - “For if you keep silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty H4438 for such a time as this?”

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Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal H4438 robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal H4438 throne in the [fn]throne H4438 room, opposite the entrance to the palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3 - Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is your request? Up to half of the kingdom H4438 it shall be given to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - [fn]As they drank their wine at the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your request, for it shall be granted to you. And what is your wish? Up to half of the kingdom H4438 it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - have them bring a royal H4438 robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal H4438 turban has been placed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said to Esther on the second day also [fn]as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your wish? Up to half of the kingdom H4438 it shall be done.”

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Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in a royal H4438 robe of violet and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,

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Your throne, God, is forever and ever;

The scepter of Your kingdom H4438 is a scepter of justice.

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The LORD has established His throne in the heavens,

And His [fn]sovereignty H4438 rules over [fn]all.

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They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom H4438,

And talk of Your might,

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To make known to the sons of mankind [fn]Your mighty acts,

And the glory of the majesty of [fn]Your kingdom H4438.

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Your kingdom H4438 is [fn]an everlasting kingdom H4438,

And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

[fn]The LORD is faithful in His words,

And holy in all His works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - for he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom H4438.

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Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?

For it is Your due!

For among all the wise men of the nations

And in all their kingdoms H4438,

There is none like You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 -

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign H4438 of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

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Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that [fn]Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign H4438, [fn]showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

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In the third year of the reign H4438 of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - As for every matter of expertise [fn]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm H4438.

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Now in the second year of the reign H4438 of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar [fn]had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep [fn]left him.

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In the third year of the reign H4438 of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, [fn]Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me [fn]previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:22 - “The broken horn and the four horns that came up in its place represent four kingdoms H4438 which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.

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“And in the latter period of their [fn]dominion H4438,

When the wrongdoers have [fn]run their course,

A king will arise,

[fn]Insolent and skilled in [fn]intrigue.

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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom H4438 of the Chaldeans—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - “But the prince of the kingdom H4438 of Persia was standing [fn]in my way for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise [fn]in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, [fn]he will stir up the entire empire against the realm H4438 of [fn]Greece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:4 - “But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom H4438 will be broken up and parceled out toward the four [fn]points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, because his sovereignty H4438 will be removed and given to others besides [fn]them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:9 - “Then [fn]the latter will enter the realm H4438 of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:17 - “And he will set his [fn]mind on coming with the power of his entire kingdom H4438, [fn]bringing with him [fn]a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be [fn]on his side.

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“Then in his place one will arise who will allow an [fn]oppressor to pass through the [fn]Jewel of his kingdom H4438; yet within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger nor in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21 - “And in his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the majesty of kingship H4438 has not been conferred; but he will come in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom H4438 by intrigue.

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