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מֶ֫לֶךְ

me.lekhH4428

king

Used 2,526 times in the tagged text.

H4428G · מֶ֫לֶךְ · king

What it means

  • king
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) king
  • Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

H4428H · הַמֶּלֶךְ · `the king`

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 'the king' or a name, Hammelech in KJV of Jer.36.26; 38.6- a man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;
  • father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";
  • § A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.36.26;
  • father of: Jerahmeel (H3396I) and Malchijah (H4441H); also translated "the king";

H4428I · מֶ֫לֶךְ · King's

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • King's (Highway) (Num.20.17)

H4428J · מֶ֫לֶךְ · King's

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

H4428K · מֶ֫לֶךְ · Milcom

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • Another name of mo.lekh (מֹ֫לֶךְ "Molech" H4432)

H4428L · מֶ֫לֶךְ · King's

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • King's (Valley) (Gen.14.17)

Same idea, other words · King and kingdom

God's kingship is the Bible's organizing hope. In the Gospels Jesus announces that the kingdom is at hand.

Where it appears

  • Genesis41
  • Exodus14
  • Numbers20
  • Deuteronomy26
  • Joshua109
  • Judges37
  • 1 Samuel86
  • 2 Samuel284
  • 1 Kings305
  • 2 Kings370
  • 1 Chronicles69
  • 2 Chronicles277
  • Ezra32
  • Nehemiah43
  • Esther196
  • Job8
  • Psalms67
  • Proverbs32
  • Ecclesiastes12
  • Song of Songs5
  • Isaiah80
  • Jeremiah269
  • Lamentations3
  • Ezekiel37
  • Daniel52
  • Hosea19
  • Amos8
  • Jonah2
  • Micah5
  • Nahum1
  • Habakkuk1
  • Zephaniah4
  • Haggai2
  • Zechariah9
  • Malachi1

Every use · 951–1000 of 2,526 · BSB

  1. 2 Kings 3:23הַמְּלָכִ֔יםthe kings

    “This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”

  2. 2 Kings 3:26מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

  3. 2 Kings 3:26מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

  4. 2 Kings 4:13הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.

  5. 2 Kings 5:1מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

  6. 2 Kings 5:5מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.

  7. 2 Kings 5:5מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.

  8. 2 Kings 5:6מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

  9. 2 Kings 5:7מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

  10. 2 Kings 5:8מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

  11. 2 Kings 5:8הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

  12. 2 Kings 6:8וּמֶ֣לֶךְand [the] king of

    Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

  13. 2 Kings 6:9מֶ֤לֶךְ[the] king of

    Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

  14. 2 Kings 6:10מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

  15. 2 Kings 6:11מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

  16. 2 Kings 6:11מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

  17. 2 Kings 6:12הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

  18. 2 Kings 6:12לְמֶ֣לֶךְto [the] king of

    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

  19. 2 Kings 6:21מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

  20. 2 Kings 6:24מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

  21. 2 Kings 6:26מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

  22. 2 Kings 6:26הַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

    As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

  23. 2 Kings 6:28הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

  24. 2 Kings 6:30הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

  25. 2 Kings 7:2לַמֶּלֶךְ֩[belonged] to the king

    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

  26. 2 Kings 7:6מֶ֨לֶךְ[the] king of

    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

  27. 2 Kings 7:6מַלְכֵ֧י[the] kings of

    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

  28. 2 Kings 7:6מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of

    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

  29. 2 Kings 7:9הַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

    Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

  30. 2 Kings 7:11הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.

  31. 2 Kings 7:12הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

  32. 2 Kings 7:14הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

  33. 2 Kings 7:15לַמֶּֽלֶךְto the king

    And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

  34. 2 Kings 7:17וְהַמֶּלֶךְ֩and the king

    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

  35. 2 Kings 7:17הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

  36. 2 Kings 7:18הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”

  37. 2 Kings 8:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

  38. 2 Kings 8:4וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְand the king

    Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

  39. 2 Kings 8:5לַמֶּלֶךְ֮to the king

    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

  40. 2 Kings 8:5הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

  41. 2 Kings 8:5הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

  42. 2 Kings 8:6הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king

    When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

  43. 2 Kings 8:6הַמֶּלֶךְ֩the king

    When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

  44. 2 Kings 8:7מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

  45. 2 Kings 8:8הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

  46. 2 Kings 8:9מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

  47. 2 Kings 8:13מֶ֥לֶךְking

    “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

  48. 2 Kings 8:16מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

  49. 2 Kings 8:16מֶ֣לֶךְ[was] [the] king of

    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

  50. 2 Kings 8:16מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.

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