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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 2 / 39 (Num 31:8–Jos 10:37)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - They killed the kings H4428 of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings H4428 of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 -

So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon, king H4428 of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king H4428 of Bashan, the land with its cities with their [fn]territories, the cities of the surrounding land.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:40 -

Now the Canaanite, the king H4428 of Arad [fn]who lived in the [fn]Negev in the land of Canaan, heard when the sons of Israel were coming.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:4 - after he had struck down Sihon the king H4428 of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king H4428 of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth [fn]and Edrei.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:24 - ‘Arise, set out, and pass through the [fn]valley of Arnon. Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, king H4428 of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to take possession and provoke him to battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 -

“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass [fn]through his land, for Yahweh your God stiffened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to give him over into your hand, as he is today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 -

“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king H4428 of Bashan, [fn]with all his people, came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - “But Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land over into your hand; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:3 - “So Yahweh our God also gave Og, king H4428 of Bashan, with all his people over into our hand, and we struck [fn]them until [fn]there was no survivor remaining for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “And we [fn]devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon, [fn]devoting to destruction [fn]the men, women, and little ones of every city.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:8 -

“Thus we took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings H4428 of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the [fn]valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (For only Og king H4428 of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his [fn]bedstead was an iron [fn]bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was [fn]nine cubits, and its width four cubits [fn]by ordinary cubit.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - “And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings H4428; so Yahweh shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king H4428 of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck down when they came out from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - And they took possession of his land and the land of Og king H4428 of Bashan, the two kings H4428 of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because Yahweh loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your fathers, Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king H4428 of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:24 - “And He will give their kings H4428 into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:3 - and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king H4428 of Egypt and to all his land;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:14 -

“When you enter the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, ‘I will set a king H4428 over me like all the nations who are around me,’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - you shall surely set a king H4428 over you whom Yahweh your God chooses, one from among your brothers you shall set as king H4428 over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - “Yahweh will lead you and your king H4428, whom you set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - “Then you came to this place, and Sihon the king H4428 of Heshbon and Og the king H4428 of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we struck them down;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 - “And Yahweh will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings H4428 of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 -

“And He was king H4428 in Jeshurun,

When the heads of the people were gathered,

The tribes of Israel together.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - And it was told to the king H4428 of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - And the king H4428 of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the [fn]Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt and what you did to the two kings H4428 of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you [fn]devoted to destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 -

Now it happened when all the kings H4428 of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings H4428 of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until [fn]they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - And Yahweh said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king H4428 and the valiant warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 -

Now Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king H4428 of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - “So you shall do to Ai and its king H4428 just as you did to Jericho and its king H4428; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. [fn]Set an ambush for the city behind it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - Now it happened that when the king H4428 of Ai saw it, the men of the city hurried and rose up early and went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed place before the desert plain. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - But they seized the king H4428 of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king H4428 of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua gave a command, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 -

Now it happened when all the kings H4428 who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the [fn]Shephelah and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all that He did to the two kings H4428 of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king H4428 of Heshbon and to Og king H4428 of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 -

Now it happened that when Adoni-zedek king H4428 of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction (just as he had done to Jericho and its king H4428, so he had done to Ai and its king H4428), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were [fn]within their land,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - Therefore Adoni-zedek king H4428 of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king H4428 of Hebron and to Piram king H4428 of Jarmuth and to Japhia king H4428 of Lachish and to Debir king H4428 of Eglon, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:5 - So the five kings H4428 of the Amorites, the king H4428 of Jerusalem, the king H4428 of Hebron, the king H4428 of Jarmuth, the king H4428 of Lachish, and the king H4428 of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 -

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not [fn]abandon your slaves; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings H4428 of the Amorites that live in the hill country have assembled against us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 -

And these five kings H4428 fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - Then it was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings H4428 have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 -

Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings H4428 out to me from the cave.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - And they did so and brought these five kings H4428 out to him from the cave: the king H4428 of Jerusalem, the king H4428 of Hebron, the king H4428 of Jarmuth, the king H4428 of Lachish, and the king H4428 of Eglon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - Now it happened that when they brought these kings H4428 out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings H4428.” So they came near and put their feet on their necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 -

Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day and struck it and its king H4428 with the edge of the sword; he [fn]devoted [fn]it to destruction and every [fn]person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king H4428 of Makkedah just as he had done to the king H4428 of Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And Yahweh gave it also with its king H4428 into the hands of Israel, and he struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor remaining in it. Thus he did to its king H4428 just as he had done to the king H4428 of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 -

Then Horam king H4428 of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people down until [fn]there was no survivor remaining for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - And they captured it and struck it and its king H4428 and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he devoted it and every person who was in it to destruction.

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