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Lexicon :: Strong's H4446 - milkōṯ

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מִלְכֹּת
Transliteration
milkōṯ
Pronunciation
mel-eh'-keth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199c

Strong’s Definitions

מְלֶכֶת mᵉleketh, mel-eh'-keth; from H4427; a queen:—queen.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H4446 in the following manner: queen (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H4446 in the following manner: queen (5x).
  1. queen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלֶכֶת mᵉleketh, mel-eh'-keth; from H4427; a queen:—queen.
STRONGS H4446: Abbreviations
מְלֶ֫כֶת noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol§ 147 dii, 169 n. GieJeremiah 7:18 BaNB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606); — only construct הַשָּׁמַיִם מ׳ Jeremiah 7:18 + 4 times Jeremiah = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schrbelow and others; (> = מְלֶאכֶת (Manuscripts), construct of מְלָאכָה (see לאך), worship of the heavens (CastLex. Syr.), or creative work of the heavens, collective = צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ host of heaven, Stabelow (compare Greek Version of the LXX); see SchrCOT Jeremiah 7:18; SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff. StaZAW 1886,123 ff. 289 ff. KueGes. Abh. 186 ff. WeSkizzen iii. 38ZMG xli. 1889, 710 f. RSSemitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189) GrünbZMG xiii.1888, 45); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem הַשּׁ׳ לַעֲשׂוֺת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ׳ Jeremiah 7:18 (|| הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים); הַשּׁ׳ לְקַטֵּר לִמ׳ Jeremiah 44:17, 18, 19, 25 (all || הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים).
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H4446

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Strong's Number H4446 matches the Hebrew מִלְכֹּת (milkōṯ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - (LXX 51:17) For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - (LXX 51:18) But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - (LXX 51:19) And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - (LXX 51:25) Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye women have spoken with your mouth, and ye fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her: full well did ye keep to your vows, and ye have indeed performed them.
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