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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 284 times in 204 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (2Sa 2:4–2Sa 11:8)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king H4428 over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - “So now, let your hands be strong and be [fn]valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king H4428 over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - And the [fn]time that David was king H4428 in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king H4428 of Geshur;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 -

Now Abner had [fn]consultation with the elders of Israel, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king H4428 over you.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather all Israel to my lord the king H4428, that they may cut a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - Now Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, and they told Joab, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king H4428, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Then Joab came to the king H4428 and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 -

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King H4428 David walked behind the bier.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - Thus they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king H4428 lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king H4428 chanted a lament for Abner and said,

“Should Abner die as a wicked fool dies?

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - Now all the people took note of it, and it was good in their sight, just as everything the king H4428 did was good in the sight of all the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel knew that day that it had not been the will of the king H4428 to put Abner the son of Ner to death.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - Then the king H4428 said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - “Thus I am weak today, though anointed king H4428; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer according to his evil.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - Then they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king H4428, “Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus Yahweh has given my lord the king H4428 vengeance this day on Saul and his seed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - “Previously, when Saul was king H4428 over us, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king H4428 at Hebron, and King H4428 David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; then they anointed David king H4428 over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 -

Then the king H4428 and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to [fn]David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; [fn]thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 -

Then Hiram king H4428 of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of wood and craftsmen of stone walls; and they built a house for David.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king H4428 over Israel, and that He had lifted up his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 -

Then the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king H4428 over Israel, so all the Philistines went up to seek out David. And David heard of it and went down to the fortress.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 -

Then it was told to King H4428 David, saying, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 -

Then it happened as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King H4428 David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 -

But David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king H4428 of Israel has glorified himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the worthless ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:1 -

Now it happened when the king H4428 inhabited his house, and Yahweh had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king H4428 said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of God inhabits tent curtains.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:3 - So Nathan said to the king H4428, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:18 -

Then David the king H4428 went in and sat before Yahweh, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 -

Then David struck Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king H4428 of Zobah, as he went to restore his [fn]power at the [fn]River.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - Then the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king H4428 of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 Arameans.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - Also from [fn]Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King H4428 David took a very large amount of bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:9 -

Then Toi king H4428 of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the military force of Hadadezer,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - so Toi sent [fn]Joram his son to King H4428 David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer [fn]had been at war with Toi. And in [fn]Joram’s hand were articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King H4428 David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he had set apart as holy from all the nations which he had subdued:
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from [fn]Aram, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king H4428 of Zobah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:2 - Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king H4428 said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king H4428 said, “Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the lovingkindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king H4428, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:4 - So the king H4428 said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king H4428, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:5 - Then King H4428 David sent and took him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:9 -

Then the king H4428 called Saul’s young man Ziba and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s [fn]grandson.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Then Ziba said to the king H4428, “According to all that my lord the king H4428 commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at [fn]David’s table as one of the king’s H4428 sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s H4428 table continually. Now he was lame in both feet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that the king H4428 of the sons of Ammon died, and Hanun his son became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - Then they told it to David. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonored. And the king H4428 said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 -

Then the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David. So the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king H4428 of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - Then all the kings H4428, the servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were [fn]defeated by Israel. So they made peace with Israel and served them. And the Arameans were afraid to save the sons of Ammon anymore.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 -

Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when [fn]kings H4428 go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 -

Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s H4428 house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” And Uriah went out of the king’s H4428 house, and a present from the king H4428 went out after him.

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