Word study · Hebrew
מֶ֫לֶךְ
me.lekhH4428king
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 · 1401–1450 of 2,526 · BSB
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
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