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Lexicon :: Strong's H4438 - malḵûṯ

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מַלְכוּת
Transliteration
malḵûṯ
Pronunciation
mal-kooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199e

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכוּת malkûwth, mal-kooth'; or מַלְכֻת malkuth; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh; from H4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H4438 in the following manner: kingdom (51x), reign (21x), royal (13x), realm (4x), empire (1x), estate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H4438 in the following manner: kingdom (51x), reign (21x), royal (13x), realm (4x), empire (1x), estate (1x).

  1. royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power

    1. royal power, dominion

    2. reign

    3. kingdom, realm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכוּת malkûwth, mal-kooth'; or מַלְכֻת malkuth; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh; from H4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
STRONGS H4438: Abbreviations
† מַלְכוּת noun feminine royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom (chiefly late); — מ׳ absolute Esther 1:9 +; construct 1 Chronicles 12:23 +; suffix מַלְכוּתִי 1 Chronicles 17:14, etc.; plural מַלְכֻיּוֺת Daniel 8:22; —
1. royal power, dominion Numbers 24:7 (with תִּנַשֵּׂא), 1 Samuel 20:31 (with תִּכּוֺן), 1 Kings 2:12 (with id.); compare Jeremiah 10:7; Ecclesiastes 4:14; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 12:23; 1 Chronicles 29:30 (|| גְּבוּרָה), 2 Chronicles 33:13; Esther 1:19, royal (queenly) dignity Esther 4:14; 1 Chronicles 14:2 (with נִשֵּׂאת); with לָכַד Daniel 11:21; with הֵכִין (subject י׳) 1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Chronicles 28:7; 2 Chronicles 12:1 (subject Rehoboam); Israel royalty as belonging to י׳ 1 Chronicles 17:14; dominion of י׳ Psalm 103:19 (with מָֽשְׁלָה), Psalm 145:13 (twice in verse); כְּבוֺד מ׳ Psalm 145:11; כְּבוֺד הֲדַר מ׳ Psalm 145:12; שֵׁבֶט מ׳ Psalm 45:7; כִּסֵּא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 7:18; of Persia Esther 1:2; Esther 5:1; בַּיִת לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 2:11; בֵּית מ׳ Esther 1:9; Esther 2:16; Esther 5:1 (compare Assyrian bit šarruti DlHWB 171); יֵין מ׳ royal wine Esther 1:7; דְּבַר מ׳ royal command Esther 1:19; הוֺד מ׳ royal honour, majesty 1 Chronicles 29:25; Daniel 11:21; so perhaps also הֶדֶר מ׳ Daniel 11:20 see Bev; עשֶׁר בְּבוֺד מ׳ Esther 1:4; כֶּתֶר מ׳ royal crown Esther 1:11; Esther 2:17; Esther 6:8; לְבוּשׁ מ׳ royal apparel Esther 6:8; Esther 8:15; מ׳ (לְבוּשׁ omitted) Esther 5:1 (queenly attire).
2. reign: 40th year of reign of David 1 Chronicles 26:31 compare 2 Chronicles 3:2; 15:10, 19; 16:1, 12; 35:19; Jeremiah 49:34; Daniel 1:1; also 2 Chronicles 29:19; of Babylonian and Persian kings Jeremiah 52:31 (בִּשְׁנַת מ׳ || 2 Kings 25:27 מָלְכוֺ) Daniel 2:1; Daniel 8:1; Ezra 4:5, 6 (twice in verse); Ezra 7:1; Ezra 8:1; Nehemiah 12:22; Esther 2:16; compare פָּרָס מַלְכוּת עַדמְֿלֹח 2 Chronicles 36:20.
3. kingdom, realm 2 Chronicles 1:1; 11:17; 20:30; Nehemiah 9:35; especially realm of Babylonia and Persia 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; Esther 1:14, 20; Esther 2:3; Esther 3:6, 8; Esther 5:3, 6; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:30; Daniel 8:22; Daniel 9:1; Daniel 10:13; compare Daniel 11:2, 4 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:9, 17; Daniel 11:20 הֶדֶר מ׳ = Jerusalem according to Hi., but see 1 above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:7

1 Samuel

20:31

1 Kings

2:12

2 Kings

25:27

1 Chronicles

11:10; 12:23; 12:23; 14:2; 17:11; 17:14; 17:14; 22:10; 26:31; 28:5; 28:7; 29:25; 29:30

2 Chronicles

1:1; 2:11; 3:2; 7:18; 11:17; 12:1; 15:10; 15:19; 16:1; 16:12; 20:30; 29:19; 33:13; 35:19; 36:20; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 4:5; 4:6; 7:1; 8:1

Nehemiah

9:35; 12:22

Esther

1:2; 1:4; 1:7; 1:9; 1:9; 1:11; 1:14; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 2:3; 2:16; 2:16; 2:17; 3:6; 3:8; 4:14; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1; 5:3; 5:6; 6:8; 6:8; 7:2; 8:15; 9:30

Psalms

45:7; 103:19; 145:11; 145:12; 145:13

Ecclesiastes

4:14

Jeremiah

10:7; 49:34; 52:31

Daniel

1:1; 2:1; 8:1; 8:22; 8:22; 9:1; 10:13; 11:2; 11:4; 11:9; 11:17; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:21

H4438

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Strong's Number H4438 matches the Hebrew מַלְכוּת (malḵûṯ),
which occurs 26 times in 21 verses in 'Est' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal H4438 throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - [fn]while he displayed the riches of his royal H4438 glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - And drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal H4438 wine was plentiful according to the king’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also held a feast for the women in the royal H4438 house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal H4438 crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was [fn]beautiful in appearance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14

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 presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom H4438—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it seems good to the king, let a royal H4438 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 Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal H4438 position H4438 to [fn]another who is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “And the king’s sentence, which he will make, will be heard throughout all his kingdom H4438, for it is [fn]vast, and all women will give respect to their husbands, great and small.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom H4438 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 eunuch, who keeps charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal H4438 house in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign H4438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 -

And the king 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 H4438 crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he despised in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom H4438; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not reached royalty H4438 for such a time as this?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

Now it happened on the third day, that Esther put on her royal H4438 robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s house in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal H4438 throne in the [fn]throne H4438 room, opposite the entrance to his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3 - Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom H4438 it shall be given to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - Then, [fn]as they drank their wine at the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is [fn]your petition? For it shall be given to you. And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom H4438 it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - let them bring a royal H4438 robe which the king clothes himself in, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal H4438 crown has been placed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said to Esther on the second day also [fn]as they drank their wine at the feast, “What is [fn]your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be given you. And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom H4438 it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 -

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal H4438 robes of [fn]blue and fine white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa cried aloud and was glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
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