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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)
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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

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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 Box Ezr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13 - Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who volunteer to go to Jerusalem with you, may go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the realm of the king and of his sons?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - “After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:40 - Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42 - As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - “ ‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 - At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king summoned the enchanters, astrologers[fn] and diviners. Then he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18 - “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20 - But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26 - “Here is what these words mean: Mene[fn]: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - Peres[fn]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31 - and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:28 - So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus[fn] the Persian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22 - until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 - “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24 - The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.’
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