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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 277 times in 218 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (2Ch 1:12–2Ch 12:10)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:12 - Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings H4428 have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king H4428 at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - And the king H4428 made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's H4428 merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings H4428 of the Hittites, and for the kings H4428 of Syria, by their means.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - And Solomon sent to Huram the king H4428 of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - Then Huram the king H4428 of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king H4428 over them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king H4428 a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king H4428 Solomon for the house of God;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king H4428 Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - In the plain of Jordan did the king H4428 cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:3 - Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king H4428 in the feast which was in the seventh month.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - Also king H4428 Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:3 - And the king H4428 turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:4 - Then the king H4428 and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And king H4428 Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king H4428 and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king H4428 had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's H4428 house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - And these were the chief of king H4428 Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king H4428 of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they departed not from the commandment of the king H4428 unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king H4428 Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - And she said to the king, H4428 It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king H4428 for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king H4428 over them, to do judgment and justice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - And she gave the king H4428 an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king H4428 Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And the king H4428 made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's H4428 palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - And king H4428 Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. H4428 So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings H4428 of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - And king H4428 Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king H4428 put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - Moreover the king H4428 made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - And all the drinking vessels of king H4428 Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king's H4428 ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 - And king H4428 Solomon passed all the kings H4428 of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all the kings H4428 of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king H4428 at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he reigned over all the kings H4428 from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king H4428 made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, H4428 heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - And king H4428 Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 - So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king H4428 bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - And the king H4428 answered them roughly; and king H4428 Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king H4428 hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - And when all Israel saw that the king H4428 would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, H4428 saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then king H4428 Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king H4428 Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:3 - Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king H4428 of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king H4428 Rehoboam Shishak king H4428 of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king H4428 humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - So Shishak king H4428 of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's H4428 house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Instead of which king H4428 Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's H4428 house.

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