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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.
3. used of י׳ as king of Israel 1 Samuel 12:12; in poetry Deuteronomy 33:5 compare Psalm 5:3; Psalm 10:16; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 48:3; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 74:12; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 145:1; Psalm 149:2; Isaiah 41:21; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 44:6; Zephaniah 3:15; מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֺד Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:8; Psalm 24:9; Psalm 24:10 (twice in verse); universal king Psalm 47:3; Psalm 47:8; Psalm 95:3; Psalm 98:6; Jeremiah 10:7, 10, compare Jeremiah 46:18; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 51:57; Zechariah 14:9, 16, 17; Malachi 1:14; of false god Amos 5:26.
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

H4428

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Strong's Number H4428 matches the Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (meleḵ),
which occurs 67 times in 63 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 2:2–Psa 110:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:2 - consurgent reges terrae et principes tractabunt pariter adversum Dominum et adversum christum eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:6 - ego autem orditus sum regem meum super Sion montem sanctum suum adnuntiabo Dei praeceptum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - nunc ergo reges intellegite erudimini iudices terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:2 - [Vulgate 5:3] rex meus et Deus meus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - [Vulgate 9:37] Dominus rex saeculi et aeternitatis perierunt gentes de terra eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:50 - [Vulgate 17:51] magnificanti salutes regis sui et facienti misericordiam christo suo David et semini eius usque in aeternum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9 - [Vulgate 19:10] Domine salva rex exaudiet nos in die qua invocaverimus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:1 - [Vulgate 20:1] victori canticum David [Vulgate 20:2] Domine in fortitudine tua laetabitur rex et in salutari tuo exultabit vehementer

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - [Vulgate 20:8] quia rex confidet in Domino et in misericordia Excelsi non decipietur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:7 - [Vulgate 23:7] levate portae capita vestra et elevamini ianuae sempiternae et ingrediatur rex gloriae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:8 - [Vulgate 23:8] quis est iste rex gloriae Dominus fortis et potens Dominus fortis in proelio

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:9 - [Vulgate 23:9] levate portae capita vestra et erigite ianuae sempiternae et ingrediatur rex gloriae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:10 - [Vulgate 23:10] quis est iste rex gloriae Dominus exercituum ipse est rex gloriae semper

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:10 - [Vulgate 28:10] Dominus diluvium inhabitat et sedebit Dominus rex in aeternum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:16 - [Vulgate 32:16] non salvatur rex in multitudine exercitus nec fortis liberabitur in multiplicatione virtutis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:4 - [Vulgate 43:4] non enim in gladio suo possederunt terram neque brachium eorum salvavit eos sed dextera tua et brachium tuum et lux vultus tui quia conplacuisti tibi

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - [Vulgate 44:1] victori pro liliis filiorum Core eruditionis canticum amantissimi [Vulgate 44:2] eructavit cor meum verbum bonum dico ego opera mea regi lingua mea stilus scribae velocis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5 - [Vulgate 44:6] sagittae tuae acutae populi sub te cadent in corde inimicorum regis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:9 - [Vulgate 44:10] filiae regum in honore tuo stetit coniux in dextera tua in diademate aureo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:11 - [Vulgate 44:12] et concupiscet rex decorem tuum quia ipse est dominus tuus et adora eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:13 - [Vulgate 44:14] omnis gloria filiae regis intrinsecus fasceis aureis vestita est

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:14 - [Vulgate 44:15] in scutulatis ducetur ad regem virgines sequentur eam amicae eius ducentur illuc

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:15 - [Vulgate 44:16] ducentur in laetitiis et exultatione ingredientur thalamum regis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - [Vulgate 46:3] quoniam Dominus altissimus terribilis rex magnus super omnem terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:6 - [Vulgate 46:7] canite Deo canite canite regi nostro canite

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 - [Vulgate 46:8] quia rex universae terrae Deus canite erudite

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - [Vulgate 47:3] specioso germini gaudio universae terrae monti Sion lateribus aquilonis civitatulae regis magni

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:4 - [Vulgate 47:5] quia ecce reges congregati sunt venerunt simul

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6 - [Vulgate 60:7] dies super dies regis adicies annos eius donec est generatio et generatio

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:11 - [Vulgate 62:12] rex autem laetabitur in Deo laudabitur omnis qui iurat in eo quia obstruetur os loquentium mendacium

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:12 - [Vulgate 67:13] reges exercituum foederabuntur foederabuntur et pulchritudo domus dividet spolia

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:14 - [Vulgate 67:15] cum divideret Robustissimus reges in ea nive dealbata est in Selmon

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:24 - [Vulgate 67:25] viderunt itinera tua Deus itinera Dei mei regis mei in sancto

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:29 - [Vulgate 67:30] de templo tuo quod est in Hierusalem tibi offerent reges munera

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:1 - [Vulgate 71:1] Salomonis [Vulgate 71:2a] Deus iudicium regi da et iustitiam tuam filio regis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10 - [Vulgate 71:10] reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent reges Arabiae et Saba tributum conferent

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11 - [Vulgate 71:11] et adorabunt eum omnes reges universae nationes servient ei

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:12 - [Vulgate 73:12] Deus autem rex meus ab initio operatur salutes in medio terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - [Vulgate 75:13] auferenti spiritum ducum terribili regibus terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:3 - [Vulgate 83:4] siquidem avis invenit domum et passer nidum sibi ubi ponat pullos suos altaria tua Domine exercituum rex meus et Deus meus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - [Vulgate 88:19] quia a Domino est protectio nostra et a Sancto Israhel rege nostro

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - [Vulgate 88:28] ego autem primogenitum ponam eum excelsum regibus terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:3 - [Vulgate 94:3] quoniam fortis et magnus Dominus et rex magnus super omnes deos

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:6 - [Vulgate 97:6] in tubis et clangore bucinae iubilate coram rege Domino

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4 - [Vulgate 98:4] imperium regis iudicium diligit tu fundasti aequitates iudicium et iustitiam in Iacob tu fecisti

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:15 - [Vulgate 101:16] et timebunt gentes nomen Domini et universi reges terrae gloriam tuam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - [Vulgate 104:14] non dimisit hominem ut noceret eis et corripuit pro eis reges

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:20 - [Vulgate 104:20] misit rex et solvit eum princeps populorum et dimisit illum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:30 - [Vulgate 104:30] ebullivit terra eorum ranas in cubiculis regum eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5 - [Vulgate 109:5] Dominus ad dexteram tuam percussit in die furoris sui reges

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