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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 3 / 39 (Jos 10:39–Jdg 5:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - And he took it, and the king H4428 thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king H4428 thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: H4428 he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And all these kings H4428 and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:1 - And it came to pass, when Jabin king H4428 of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king H4428 of Madon, and to the king H4428 of Shimron, and to the king H4428 of Achshaph,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - And to the kings H4428 that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And when all these kings H4428 were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king H4428 thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 - And all the cities of those kings, H4428 and all the kings H4428 of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings H4428 he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:18 - Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings H4428 of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - And the coast of Og king H4428 of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings H4428 of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - The king H4428 of Jericho, one; the king H4428 of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:10 - The king H4428 of Jerusalem, one; the king H4428 of Hebron, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:11 - The king H4428 of Jarmuth, one; the king H4428 of Lachish, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:12 - The king H4428 of Eglon, one; the king H4428 of Gezer, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:13 - The king H4428 of Debir, one; the king H4428 of Geder, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:14 - The king H4428 of Hormah, one; the king H4428 of Arad, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:15 - The king H4428 of Libnah, one; the king H4428 of Adullam, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - The king H4428 of Makkedah, one; the king H4428 of Bethel, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:17 - The king H4428 of Tappuah, one; the king H4428 of Hepher, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:18 - The king H4428 of Aphek, one; the king H4428 of Lasharon, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:19 - The king H4428 of Madon, one; the king H4428 of Hazor, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:20 - The king H4428 of Shimronmeron, one; the king H4428 of Achshaph, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:21 - The king H4428 of Taanach, one; the king H4428 of Megiddo, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:22 - The king H4428 of Kedesh, one; the king H4428 of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:23 - The king H4428 of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king H4428 of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 - The king H4428 of Tirzah, one: all the kings H4428 thirty and one.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - And all the cities of Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king H4428 of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - Then Balak the son of Zippor, king H4428 of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings H4428 of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, H4428 having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king H4428 of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king H4428 of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 - And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king H4428 of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - So the children of Israel served Eglon the king H4428 of Moab eighteen years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king H4428 of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:17 - And he brought the present unto Eglon king H4428 of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: H4428 who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:2 - And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king H4428 of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king H4428 of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:23 - So God subdued on that day Jabin the king H4428 of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king H4428 of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king H4428 of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3 - Hear, O ye kings; H4428 give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

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