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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 305 times in 231 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (1Ki 1:1–1Ki 2:39)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - Now king H4428 David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king H4428 a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, H4428 and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king H4428 may get heat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, H4428 and ministered to him: but the king H4428 knew her not.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's H4428 sons, and all the men of Judah the king's H4428 servants:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go and get thee in unto king H4428 David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, H4428 swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:14 - Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, H4428 I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - And Bathsheba went in unto the king H4428 into the chamber: and the king H4428 was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. H4428 And the king H4428 said, What wouldest thou?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18 - And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, H4428 thou knowest it not:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, H4428 and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And thou, my lord, O king, H4428 the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king H4428 after him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king H4428 shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:22 - And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, H4428 Nathan the prophet also came in.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - And they told the king, H4428 saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, H4428 he bowed himself before the king H4428 with his face to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - And Nathan said, My lord, O king, H4428 hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's H4428 sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king H4428 Adonijah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - Is this thing done by my lord the king, H4428 and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king H4428 after him?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:28 - Then king H4428 David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's H4428 presence, and stood before the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king H4428 sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, H4428 and said, Let my lord king H4428 David live for ever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - And king H4428 David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - The king H4428 also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34 - And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king H4428 over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king H4428 Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, H4428 and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king H4428 say so too.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, H4428 even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king H4428 David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king H4428 David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king H4428 Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king H4428 David hath made Solomon king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - And the king H4428 hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's H4428 mule:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king H4428 in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And moreover the king's H4428 servants came to bless our lord king H4428 David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king H4428 bowed himself upon the bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - And also thus said the king, H4428 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king H4428 Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king H4428 Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So king H4428 Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king H4428 Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17 - And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, H4428 (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:18 - And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - Bathsheba therefore went unto king H4428 Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king H4428 rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's H4428 mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king H4428 said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - And king H4428 Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then king H4428 Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - And king H4428 Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, H4428 Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was told king H4428 Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, H4428 Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king H4428 word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king H4428 said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - And the king H4428 put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king H4428 put in the room of Abiathar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - And the king H4428 sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - And Shimei said unto the king, H4428 The saying is good: as my lord the king H4428 hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king H4428 of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

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