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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 8 / 39 (2Sa 15:18–2Sa 19:15)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19 - Then said the king H4428 to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: H4428 for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:21 - And Ittai answered the king, H4428 and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king H4428 liveth, surely in what place my lord the king H4428 shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:23 - And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king H4428 also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - And the king H4428 said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king H4428 said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; H4428 as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's H4428 house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - And the king H4428 said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's H4428 household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - And the king H4428 said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, H4428 Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - Then said the king H4428 to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - And when king H4428 David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king H4428 David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, H4428 Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? H4428 let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - And the king H4428 said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:14 - And the king, H4428 and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:16 - And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, H4428 God save the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king H4428 only:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king H4428 be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king H4428 David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king H4428 David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king H4428 said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:4 - And the king H4428 said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king H4428 stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king H4428 commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king H4428 gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's H4428 son: for in our hearing the king H4428 charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, H4428 and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's H4428 dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:19 - Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king H4428 tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 - And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's H4428 son is dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king H4428 what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:25 - And the watchman cried, and told the king. H4428 And the king H4428 said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:26 - And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king H4428 said, He also bringeth tidings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king H4428 said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, H4428 All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, H4428 and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - And the king H4428 said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's H4428 servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:30 - And the king H4428 said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:31 - And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: H4428 for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - And the king H4428 said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, H4428 and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - And the king H4428 was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - And it was told Joab, Behold, the king H4428 weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king H4428 was grieved for his son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:4 - But the king H4428 covered his face, and the king H4428 cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - And Joab came into the house to the king, H4428 and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - Then the king H4428 arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king H4428 doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: H4428 for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king H4428 saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king H4428 back?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 - And king H4428 David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king H4428 back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, H4428 even to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:12 - Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, H4428 Return thou, and all thy servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - So the king H4428 returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, H4428 to conduct the king H4428 over Jordan.

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