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Lexicon :: Strong's H4437 - malkû

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מַלְכּוּ
Transliteration
malkû
Pronunciation
mal-koo'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to מַלְכוּת (H4438)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2829c

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכוּ malkûw, mal-koo'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4438; dominion (abstractly or concretely):—kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x

The KJV translates Strong's H4437 in the following manner: kingdom (49x), reign (4x), realm (3x), kingly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x
The KJV translates Strong's H4437 in the following manner: kingdom (49x), reign (4x), realm (3x), kingly (1x).

  1. royalty, reign, kingdom

    1. royalty, kingship, kingly authority

    2. kingdom

    3. realm (of territory)

    4. reign (of time)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכוּ malkûw, mal-koo'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4438; dominion (abstractly or concretely):—kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.
STRONGS H4437: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† מַלְכוּ noun feminine royalty, reign, kingdom; — absolute מ׳ Daniel 2:39 +; construct מַלְכוּת Ezra 4:24 +; emphatic תָא_ Daniel 2:37 +, תָה_ Daniel 2:44; suffix תִי_ Daniel 4:15 [Daniel 4:18] +, תֵהּ-_ Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]+, תָך- Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26] +; plural construct מַלְכְוָת Daniel 7:27; emphatic וָתָא_ Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:23; —
1. royalty, kingship, kingly authority: Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26]; Daniel 4:28 [Daniel 4:31]; Daniel 4:33 [Daniel 4:36]; הֵיכַל מ׳ Daniel 4:26 [Daniel 4:29], בֵּית מ׳ Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30], כָּרְסֵא Daniel 5:20.
2. organized (world-) kingdom: Daniel 2:39 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:40, 41, 42, 44; Daniel 7:23 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:24, 27; אֲנָשָׁא מ׳ Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17]; Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:29 [Daniel 4:32]; Daniel 5:21; of specific kings Daniel 2:37; Daniel 5:18, 28; Daniel 6:1 [Daniel 5:31]; of God Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]; Daniel 7:27 (both עָלַם מ׳), Daniel 2:44 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]; Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34]; Daniel 6:27 [Daniel 6:26]; ">Daniel 7:27; of Messiah Daniel 7:14 (twice in verse); of saints Daniel 7:18 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:22, 27.
3. realm (territorial) Daniel 4:15 [Daniel 4:18]; Daniel 4:33b [Daniel 4:36b]; Daniel 5:7, 11, 16, 29; Daniel 6:2 [Daniel 6:1] (twice in verse); Daniel 6:4 [Daniel 6:3]; Daniel 6:8 [Daniel 6:7]; Daniel 6:27 [Daniel 6:26]; Ezra 7:13, 23; metonymy Ezra 6:5 = administration of realm.
4. reign, time of reigning Daniel 5:26; Daniel 6:29 [Daniel 6:29] (twice in verse); Ezra 4:24; Ezra 6:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:24; 4:24; 6:5; 6:15; 7:13; 7:23

Daniel

2:37; 2:37; 2:39; 2:39; 2:40; 2:41; 2:42; 2:44; 2:44; 2:44; 2:44; 4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:17; 4:18; 4:18; 4:25; 4:26; 4:26; 4:29; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:34; 4:36; 4:36; 5:7; 5:11; 5:16; 5:18; 5:20; 5:21; 5:26; 5:28; 5:29; 5:31; 6:1; 6:3; 6:7; 6:26; 6:26; 6:29; 7:14; 7:18; 7:22; 7:23; 7:23; 7:24; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27

H4437

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4437 matches the Hebrew מַלְכּוּ (malkû),
which occurs 57 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13 - I have issued H7761 a decree H2942 that any H3606 of the people H5972 of Israel H3479 and their priests H3549 and the Levites H3879 in my kingdom H4437 who H1768 are willing H5069 to go H1981 to Jerusalem, H3390 may go H1981 with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - “Whatever H3606 H1768 is [fn]commanded H4481 H2942 by the God H426 of heaven, H8065 let it be done H5648 with zeal H149 for the house H1005 of the God H426 of heaven, H8065 so H1768 that there will not be wrath H7109 against H5922 the kingdom H4437 of the king H4430 and his sons. H1123

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - “After H870 you there will arise H6966 another H321 kingdom H4437 inferior H772 to you, then another H321 third H8523 kingdom H4437 of bronze, H5174 which H1768 will rule H7981 over all H3606 the earth. H772

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:40 - “Then there will be a fourth H7244 kingdom H4437 as strong H8624 as iron; H6523 inasmuch H3606 H6903 H1768 as iron H6523 crushes H1855 and shatters H2827 all H3606 things, H3606 so, like iron H6523 that breaks H7490 in pieces, H7490 it will crush H1855 and break H7490 all H3606 these H459 in pieces. H7490

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - “In that you saw H2370 the feet H7271 and toes, H677 partly H4481 of potter’s H6353 clay H2635 and partly H4481 of iron, H6523 it will be a divided H6386 kingdom; H4437 but it will have H1934 in it the toughness H5326 of iron, H6523 inasmuch H3606 H6903 H1768 as you saw H2370 the iron H6523 mixed H6151 with [fn]common H2917 clay. H2635

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42 - “As the toes H677 of the feet H7271 were partly H4481 of iron H6523 and partly H4481 of pottery, H2635 so some H4481 H7118 of the kingdom H4437 will be strong H8624 and part H4481 of it will be brittle. H8406

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “In the days H3118 of those H581 kings H4430 the God H426 of heaven H8065 will set H6966 up a kingdom H4437 which H1768 will never H5957 H3809 be destroyed, H2255 and that kingdom H4437 will not be [fn]left H7662 for another H312 people; H5972 it will crush H1855 and put H5487 an end H5487 to all H3606 these H459 kingdoms, H4437 but it will itself H1932 endure H6966 forever. H5957

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - “How H4101 great H7229 are His signs H852
And how H4101 mighty H8624 are His wonders! H8540
His kingdom H4437 is an everlasting H5957 kingdom H4437
And His dominion H7985 is from generation H1859 to generation. H1859

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - “This sentence H6600 is by the decree H1510 of the angelic watchers H5894
And the decision H7595 is a command H3983 of the holy H6922 ones, H6922
In order H5705 H1701 that the living H2417 may know H3046
That the Most H5943 High H5943 is ruler H7990 over the realm H4437 of mankind, H606
And bestows H5415 it on whom H1768 H4479 He wishes H6634
And sets H6966 over H5922 it the lowliest H8215 of men.” H606

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - ‘This H1836 is the dream H2493 which I, King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar, H5020 have seen. H2370 Now you, Belteshazzar, H1096 tell H560 me its interpretation, H6591 inasmuch H3606 H6903 H1768 as none H3606 H3809 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of my kingdom H4437 is able H3202 to make H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation; H6591 but you are able, H3546 for a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods H426 is in you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that you be driven H2957 away H2957 from mankind H606 and your dwelling H4070 place H4070 be with the beasts H2423 of the field, H1251 and you be given H2939 grass H6212 to eat H2939 like cattle H8450 and be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven; H8065 and seven H7655 [fn]periods of time H5732 will pass H2499 over H5922 you, until H5705 H1768 you recognize H3046 that the Most H5943 High H5943 is ruler H7990 over the realm H4437 of mankind H606 and bestows H5415 it on whomever H4479 H1768 He wishes. H6634

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - ‘And in that it was commanded H560 to leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with the roots H8330 of the tree, H363 your kingdom H4437 will be [fn]assured H7011 to you after H4481 H1768 you recognize H3046 that it is Heaven H8065 that rules. H7990

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - “Twelve H8648 H6236 months H3393 later H7118 he was walking H1981 on the roof of the royal H4437 palace H1965 of Babylon. H895

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - “The king H4430 [fn]reflected H6032 and said, H560 ‘Is this H1668 not Babylon H895 the great, H7229 which H1768 I myself H576 have built H1124 as a royal H4437 [fn]residence H1005 by the might H8632 of my power H2632 and for the glory H3367 of my majesty?’ H1923

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - “While H5751 the word H4406 was in the king’s H4430 mouth, H6433 a voice H7032 [fn]came H5308 from heaven, H8065 saying, ‘King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar, H5020 to you it is declared: H560 [fn]sovereignty H4437 has been H5709 removed H5709 from you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - and you will be driven H2957 away H2957 from mankind, H606 and your dwelling H4070 place H4070 will be with the beasts H2423 of the field. H1251 You will be given H2939 grass H6212 to eat H2939 like cattle, H8450 and seven H7655 [fn]periods of time H5732 will pass H2499 over H5922 you until H5705 H1768 you recognize H3046 that the Most H5943 High H5943 is ruler H7990 over the realm H4437 of mankind H606 and bestows H5415 it on whomever H4479 H1768 He wishes.’ H6634

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - “But at the end H7118 of [fn]that period, H3118 I, Nebuchadnezzar, H5020 raised H5191 my eyes H5870 toward heaven H8065 and my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me, and I blessed H1289 the Most H5943 High H5943 and praised H7624 and honored H1922 Him who H2417 lives H2417 forever; H5957
For His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion, H7985
And His kingdom H4437 endures from generation H1859 to generation. H1859

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 - “At that time H2166 my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me. And my majesty H1923 and splendor H2122 were [fn]restored H8421 to me for the glory H3367 of my kingdom, H4437 and my counselors H1907 and my nobles H7261 began seeking H1156 me out; so I was reestablished H8627 in my [fn]sovereignty, H4437 and surpassing H3493 greatness H7238 was added H3255 to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king H4430 called H7123 aloud H2429 to bring H5954 in the conjurers, H826 the [fn]Chaldeans H3779 and the diviners. H1505 The king H4430 spoke H6032 and said H560 to the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon, H895 “Any H3606 man H606 who H1768 can read H7123 this H1836 inscription H3792 and explain H2324 its interpretation H6591 to me shall be clothed H3848 with purple H711 and have a necklace H2002 of gold H1722 around H5922 his neck, H6676 and have H7981 authority H7981 as [fn]third H8523 ruler in the kingdom.” H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - “There H383 is a man H1400 in your kingdom H4437 in whom H1768 is [fn]a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods; H426 and in the days H3118 of your father, H2 illumination, H5094 insight H7924 and wisdom H2452 like the wisdom H2452 of the gods H426 were found H7912 in him. And King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar, H5020 your father, H2 your father H2 [fn]the king, H4430 appointed H6966 him chief H7229 of the [fn]magicians, H2749 conjurers, H826 [fn]Chaldeans H3779 and diviners. H1505

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - “But I personally H576 have heard H8086 about H5922 you, that you are able H3202 to give H6590 interpretations H6590 and solve H8271 difficult H7001 problems. H7001 Now H3705 if H2006 you are able H3202 to read H7123 the inscription H3792 and make H3046 its interpretation H6591 known H3046 to me, you will be clothed H3848 with purple H711 and wear a necklace H2002 of gold H1722 around H5922 your neck, H6676 and you will have H7981 authority H7981 as the [fn]third H8531 ruler in the kingdom.” H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18 - “[fn]O king, H4430 the Most H5943 High H5943 God H426 granted H3052 [fn]sovereignty, H4437 grandeur, H7238 glory H3367 and majesty H1923 to Nebuchadnezzar H5020 your father. H2

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20 - “But when H1768 his heart H3825 was lifted H7313 up and his spirit H7308 became H8631 so [fn]proud H8631 that he behaved H2103 arrogantly, H2103 he was deposed H5182 from his royal H4437 throne H3764 and his glory H3367 was taken H5709 away H5709 from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - “He was also driven H2957 away H2957 from [fn]mankind, H606 and his heart H3825 was made H7739 like H5974 H7739 that of beasts, H2423 and his dwelling H4070 place H4070 was with the wild H6167 donkeys. H6167 He was given H2939 grass H6212 to eat H2939 like cattle, H8450 and his body H1655 was drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065 until H5705 H1768 he recognized H3046 that the Most H5943 High H5943 God H426 is ruler H7990 over the realm H4437 of mankind H606 and that He sets H6966 over H5922 it whomever H4479 H1768 He wishes. H6634

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - “ ‘PERES’ H6537—your kingdom H4437 has been H6537 divided H6537 and given H3052 over to the Medes H4076 and [fn]Persians.” H6540

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then H116 Belshazzar H1113 gave H560 orders, H560 and they clothed H3848 Daniel H1841 with purple H711 and put a necklace H2002 of gold H1722 around H5922 his neck, H6676 and issued H3745 a proclamation H3745 concerning H5922 him that he now had H1934 authority H7990 as the [fn]third H8531 ruler in the kingdom. H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31 - [fn]So Darius H1868 the Mede H4077 received H6902 the kingdom H4437 at about the age H1247 H8140 of sixty-two. H8361 H8648

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Then H116 this H1836 Daniel H1841 began distinguishing H5330 himself [fn]among H5922 the commissioners H5632 and satraps H324 because H3606 H6903 H1768 [fn]he possessed an extraordinary H3493 spirit, H7308 and the king H4430 planned H6246 to appoint H6966 him over H5922 the entire H3606 kingdom. H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then H116 the commissioners H5632 and satraps H324 began trying H1156 to find H7912 a ground H5931 of accusation H5931 against Daniel H1841 in regard H6655 to [fn]government H4437 affairs; H4437 but they could H3202 find H7912 no H3606 H3809 ground H5931 of accusation H5931 or evidence of corruption, H7844 inasmuch H3606 H6903 H1768 as he was faithful, H540 and no H3606 H3809 negligence H7960 or corruption H7844 was to be found H7912 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - “All H3606 the commissioners H5632 of the kingdom, H4437 the prefects H5460 and the satraps, H324 the high H1907 officials H1907 and the governors H6347 have consulted H3272 together H3272 that the king H4430 should establish H6966 a statute H7010 and enforce H8631 an injunction H633 that anyone H3605 who H1768 makes H1156 a petition H1159 to any H3606 god H426 or man H606 besides H3861 H4481 you, O king, H4430 for thirty H8533 days, H3118 shall be cast H7412 into the lions’ H744 [fn]den. H1358

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “[fn]I make H7761 a decree H2942 that in all H3606 the dominion H7985 of my kingdom H4437 men are to fear H1763 and tremble H2112 before H4481 H6925 the God H426 of Daniel; H1841
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever, H5957
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed, H2255
And His dominion H7985 will be [fn]forever. H5491

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:28 - So this H1836 Daniel H1841 enjoyed H6744 success H6744 in the reign H4437 of Darius H1868 and in the reign H4437 of Cyrus H3567 the Persian. H6543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - “And to Him was given H3052 dominion, H7985
Glory H3367 and [fn]a kingdom, H4437
That all H3606 the peoples, H5972 nations H524 and men of every [fn]language H3961
Might serve H6399 Him.
His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion H7985
Which H1768 will not pass H5709 away; H5709
And His kingdom H4437 is one
Which H1768 will not be destroyed. H2255

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - ‘But the [fn]saints H6922 of the Highest H5946 One H5946 will receive H6902 the kingdom H4437 and possess H2631 the kingdom H4437 forever, H5957 [fn]for all H5957 ages H5957 to come.’ H5957

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22 - until H5705 H1768 the Ancient H6268 of Days H3118 came H858 and judgment H1780 was [fn]passed H3052 in favor of the [fn]saints H6922 of the Highest H5946 One, H5946 and the time H2166 arrived H4291 when the [fn]saints H6922 took H2631 possession H2631 of the kingdom. H4437

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 - “Thus H3652 he said: H560 ‘The fourth H7244 beast H2423 will be a fourth H7244 kingdom H4437 on the earth, H772 which H1768 will be different H8133 from all H3606 the other kingdoms H4437 and will devour H399 the whole H3606 earth H772 and tread H1759 it down H1759 and crush H1855 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24 - ‘As for the ten H6236 horns, H7162 out of this kingdom H4437 ten H6236 kings H4430 will arise; H6966 and another H321 will arise H6966 after H311 them, and he will be different H8133 from the previous H6933 ones H6933 and will subdue H8214 three H8532 kings. H4430

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - ‘Then the [fn]sovereignty, H4437 the dominion H7985 and the greatness H7238 of all the kingdoms H4437 under H8460 the whole H3606 heaven H8065 will be given H3052 to the people H5972 of the [fn]saints H6922 of the Highest H5946 One; H5946 His kingdom H4437 will be an everlasting H5957 kingdom, H4437 and all H3606 the dominions H7985 will serve H6399 and obey H8086 Him.’
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