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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 267 times in 211 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Jer 1:2–Jer 25:25)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - to whom the word of [fn]Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king H4428 of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - And it came in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king H4428 of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king H4428 of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - “Now behold, I have given you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings H4428 of Judah, to its princes, to its priests, and to the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 -

“As the thief is shamed when he is found,

So the house of Israel is shamed;

They, their kings H4428, their princes,

And their priests and their prophets,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 -

Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king H4428, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 -

“It will be in that day,” declares Yahweh, “that the heart of the king H4428 and the heart of the princes will perish; and the priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be astonished.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1 -

“At that time,” declares Yahweh, “they will bring out the bones of the kings H4428 of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 -

Behold, the sound! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:

“Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King H4428 not within her?”

“Why have they provoked Me to anger with their graven images, with foreign [fn]idols?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:7 -

Who would not fear You, O King H4428 of the nations?

Indeed it is Your due!

For among all the wise men of the nations

And in all their kingdoms,

There is none like You.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 -

But Yahweh is the true God;

He is the living God and the everlasting King H4428.

At His wrath the earth quakes,

And the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings H4428 that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with drunkenness!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:18 -

Say to the king H4428 and the queen mother,

“Take a lowly seat,

For your beautiful crown

Has come down from your head.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:4 - “I will give them over to be an example of terror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king H4428 of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:19 -

Thus Yahweh said to me, “Go and stand in the [fn]public gate, through which the kings H4428 of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:20 - and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of Yahweh, kings H4428 of Judah and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - then there will come in through the gates of this city kings H4428 and princes [fn]sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O kings H4428 of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have made this a foreign place and have burned incense in it to other gods, that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings H4428 of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - “And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings H4428 of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:4 - “For thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will give over all Judah to the hand of the king H4428 of Babylon, and he will take them away into exile to Babylon and will strike them down with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - ‘I will also give over all the wealth of this city, all the fruit of its labor, and all its precious things; even all the treasures of the kings H4428 of Judah I will give over to the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away, and bring them to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:1 -

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh when King H4428 Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please inquire of Yahweh on our behalf, for [fn]Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon is warring against us; perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all His [fn]wonderful acts, so that the enemy will go up from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king H4428 of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterwards,” declares Yahweh, “I will give over Zedekiah king H4428 of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who remain in this city from the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will not show pity on them nor spare nor have compassion.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10 - “For I have set My face against this city for [fn]evil and not for good,” declares Yahweh. “It will be given into the hand of the king H4428 of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:11 -

“Then say to the household of the king H4428 of Judah, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:1 -

Thus says Yahweh, “Go down to the house of the king H4428 of Judah, and there you shall speak this word

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:2 - and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O king H4428 of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - “For if you men will indeed do this thing, then kings H4428 will enter the gates of this house, sitting for David on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king H4428 of Judah:

“You are like Gilead to Me,

Like the summit of Lebanon;

Yet most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness,

Like cities which are not inhabited.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 -

For thus says Yahweh in regard to [fn]Shallum the son of Josiah, king H4428 of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place, “He will never return there;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 -

Therefore thus says Yahweh in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king H4428 of Judah,

“They will not lament for him:

‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’

They will not lament for him:

‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:24 -

“As I live,” declares Yahweh, “even though [fn]Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king H4428 of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull [fn]you [fn]off;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25 - and I will give you over into the hand of those who are seeking your life, indeed, into the hand of those whom you dread, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 -

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,

“When I will raise up for David a righteous [fn]Branch;

And He will reign as king H4428 and [fn]prosper

And do justice and righteousness in the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 -

After Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon had taken away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king H4428 of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, Yahweh showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 -

‘But like the rotten figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says Yahweh—so I will give over Zedekiah king H4428 of Judah and his officials and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who inhabit the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 -

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king H4428 of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon),

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - “From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king H4428 of Judah, even to this day, [fn]these twenty-three years the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, [fn]rising up early and speaking, but you have not listened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king H4428 of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will [fn]devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting waste place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:11 - ‘This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king H4428 of Babylon seventy years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 -

‘Then it will be when seventy years are fulfilled, that I will punish the king H4428 of Babylon and that nation,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, even the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - ‘—[fn]For many nations and great kings H4428 will make slaves of them, even them; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands—’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:18 - Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings H4428 and its princes, to make them a waste place, an object of horror, an object of hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - Pharaoh king H4428 of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:20 - and all the [fn]foreign people, all the kings H4428 of the land of Uz, all the kings H4428 of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod),
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - and all the kings H4428 of Tyre, all the kings H4428 of Sidon, and the kings H4428 of the coastlands which are beyond the sea,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:24 - and all the kings H4428 of Arabia and all the kings H4428 of the [fn]foreign people who dwell in the desert,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - and all the kings H4428 of Zimri, all the kings H4428 of Elam, and all the kings H4428 of Media,

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