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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 7 / 39 (2Sa 13:4–2Sa 15:17)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's H4428 son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king H4428 was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, H4428 I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; H4428 for he will not withhold me from thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's H4428 daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:21 - But when king H4428 David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's H4428 sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - And Absalom came to the king, H4428 and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, H4428 I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - And the king H4428 said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king H4428 said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's H4428 sons go with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's H4428 sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's H4428 sons, and there is not one of them left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:31 - Then the king H4428 arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's H4428 sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - Now therefore let not my lord the king H4428 take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's H4428 sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:35 - And Jonadab said unto the king, H4428 Behold, the king's H4428 sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:36 - And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's H4428 sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king H4428 also and all his servants wept very sore.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king H4428 of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And the soul of king H4428 David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's H4428 heart was toward Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3 - And come to the king, H4428 and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, H4428 she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king H4428 said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:8 - And the king H4428 said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, H4428 My lord, O king, H4428 the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king H4428 and his throne be guiltless.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:10 - And the king H4428 said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then said she, I pray thee, let the king H4428 remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. H4428 And he said, Say on.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king H4428 doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king H4428 doth not fetch home again his banished.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, H4428 it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; H4428 it may be that the king H4428 will perform the request of his handmaid.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - For the king H4428 will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king H4428 shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king H4428 to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:18 - Then the king H4428 answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king H4428 now speak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And the king H4428 said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, H4428 none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king H4428 hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21 - And the king H4428 said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: H4428 and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, H4428 in that the king H4428 hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:24 - And the king H4428 said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's H4428 face.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's H4428 weight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:28 - So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's H4428 face.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; H4428 but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, H4428 to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's H4428 face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab came to the king, H4428 and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, H4428 and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: H4428 and the king H4428 kissed Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king H4428 for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:3 - And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king H4428 to hear thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king H4428 for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, H4428 I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:9 - And the king H4428 said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:15 - And the king's H4428 servants said unto the king, H4428 Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king H4428 shall appoint.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:16 - And the king H4428 went forth, and all his household after him. And the king H4428 left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:17 - And the king H4428 went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

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