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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 196 times in 119 verses in 'Est' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Est 1:2–Est 4:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days as King H4428 Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 -

And when these days were fulfilled, the king H4428 held a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s H4428 palace.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - And drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s H4428 hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - And the drinking was done according to the law; there was no compulsion, for so the king H4428 had established it for each official of his household—that he should do according to what pleased each person.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also held a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King H4428 Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 -

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king H4428 was merry with wine, he said for Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended to the presence of King H4428 Ahasuerus,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti before the king H4428 with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was [fn]beautiful in appearance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king H4428 which was delivered by the hand of the eunuchs. Then the king H4428 became exceedingly furious, and his wrath burned within him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 -

Then the king H4428 said to the wise men who knew the times—for it was the custom of the king H4428 thus to speak before all who knew law and justice

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who [fn]had access to the king’s H4428 presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not do the declaration of King H4428 Ahasuerus delivered by the hand of the eunuchs?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Then in the presence of the king H4428 and the princes, Memucan said, “Queen Vashti has committed iniquity against not only the king H4428 but also against all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King H4428 Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the word about the queen will get out to all the women causing them to despise their husbands in their eyes by saying, ‘King H4428 Ahasuerus said for Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - “This day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the word about the queen will speak in the same way to all the king’s H4428 princes, and there will be plenty of spite and indignation.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it seems good to the king H4428, let a royal word go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King H4428 Ahasuerus, and let the king H4428 give her royal position to [fn]another who is better than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “And the king’s H4428 sentence, which he will make, will be heard throughout all his kingdom, for it is [fn]vast, and all women will give respect to their husbands, great and small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:21 -

And this word was good in the eyes of the king H4428 and the princes, and the king H4428 did according to the word of Memucan.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - So he sent letters to all the king’s H4428 provinces, to each province according to its script and to every people according to their tongue, that every man should be the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the tongue of his own people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 -

After these things when the wrath of King H4428 Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided against her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then the young men of the king H4428, who attended to him, said, “Let young virgins, beautiful in appearance, be sought for the king H4428.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And let the king H4428 appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every young virgin, beautiful in appearance, to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the hand of Hegai, the king’s H4428 eunuch, who keeps charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - “Then let the young lady who is good in the eyes of the king H4428 be queen in place of Vashti.” And the word was good in the eyes of the king H4428, and he did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:6 - who had been taken away into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who had been taken away into exile with Jeconiah king H4428 of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king H4428 of Babylon had taken away into exile.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 -

Now it happened that when the word and law of the king H4428 were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the hand of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s H4428 [fn]house into the hand of Hegai, who kept charge of the women.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the young lady was good in his eyes, and she advanced in lovingkindness before him. So he hurried to give her cosmetics and portions of food to her, and to give to her seven choice young women from the king’s H4428 [fn]house. And he transferred her and her young women to the best place in the harem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 -

Now when it reached the turn of each young lady to go in to King H4428 Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their cosmetic treatment were fulfilled as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - then the young lady would go in to the king H4428 in this way: anything that she said she desired was given to her to come with her from the harem to the king’s H4428 house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem, to the hand of Shaashgaz, the king’s H4428 eunuch who kept charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king H4428 unless the king H4428 delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 -

Now when it reached the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king H4428, she did not seek anything except what Hegai, the king’s H4428 eunuch who kept charge of the women, said. And Esther advanced in favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken to King H4428 Ahasuerus to his royal house in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 -

And the king H4428 loved Esther more than all the women, and she advanced in favor and lovingkindness before him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king H4428 held a great feast, Esther’s feast, for all his princes and his servants; he also held a remission of taxes for the provinces and gave gifts according to the king’s H4428 hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 -

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s H4428 gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s H4428 gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s H4428 eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers, became furious and sought to send forth their hand against King H4428 Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But the matter became known to Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther said it to the king H4428 in Mordecai’s name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - Then the matter was sought out and found to be true, so they were both hanged on a [fn]gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s H4428 presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 -

After these things, King H4428 Ahasuerus magnified Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king’s H4428 servants who were at the king’s H4428 gate were bowing down and prostrating themselves before Haman, for so the king H4428 had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow down or prostrate himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - So the king’s H4428 servants who were at the king’s H4428 gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you trespass against the king’s H4428 command?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 -

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King H4428 Ahasuerus, [fn]Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King H4428 Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s H4428 laws, so it is not worth it for the king H4428 to let them remain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If it seems good to the king H4428, let it be written down that they should perish, and I will pay [fn]10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who do this work, to bring into the king’s treasuries.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - Then the king H4428 removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king H4428 said to Haman, “The silver is [fn]yours, and the people also, to do with them according to what is good in your eyes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 -

Then the king’s H4428 scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s H4428 satraps, to the governors who were over each province, and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its tongue, being written in the name of King H4428 Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s H4428 signet ring.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And letters were sent by the hand of couriers to all the king’s H4428 provinces to destroy, to kill, and to cause all the Jews to perish, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their spoil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out, hastened by the word of the king H4428. And the law was given at the citadel in Susa. Now the king H4428 and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And he went as far as the king’s H4428 gate, for no one was to enter the king’s H4428 gate clothed in sackcloth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - Now in each and every province where the word and law of the king H4428 reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king’s H4428 eunuchs, whom [fn]the king had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai to know what this was and why it was.

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