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מֶ֫לֶךְ

me.lekhH4428

king

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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 · 2001–2050 of 2,526 · BSB

  1. Proverbs 22:29מְלָכִ֥יםkings

    Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

  2. Proverbs 24:21וָמֶ֑לֶךְand [the] king

    My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

  3. Proverbs 25:1מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

  4. Proverbs 25:2מְ֝לָכִ֗יםkings

    It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

  5. Proverbs 25:3מְ֝לָכִ֗יםkings

    As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

  6. Proverbs 25:5מֶ֑לֶךְa king

    Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  7. Proverbs 25:6מֶ֑לֶךְa king

    Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  8. Proverbs 29:4מֶ֗לֶךְa king

    By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

  9. Proverbs 29:14מֶ֤לֶךְa king

    A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.

  10. Proverbs 30:27מֶ֭לֶךְa king

    the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;

  11. Proverbs 30:28מֶֽלֶךְ פa king

    and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

  12. Proverbs 30:31וּ֝מֶ֗לֶךְand a king

    a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

  13. Proverbs 31:1מֶ֑לֶךְ[the] king

    These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:

  14. Proverbs 31:3מְלָכִֽיןkings

    Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

  15. Proverbs 31:4לַֽמְלָכִ֨יםfor <the> kings

    It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

  16. Proverbs 31:4לַֽמְלָכִ֣יםfor <the> kings

    It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

  17. Ecclesiastes 1:1מֶ֖לֶךְking

    These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

  18. Ecclesiastes 1:12מֶ֛לֶךְking

    I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  19. Ecclesiastes 2:8מְלָכִ֖יםkings

    and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

  20. Ecclesiastes 2:12הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

  21. Ecclesiastes 4:13מִמֶּ֤לֶךְmore than a king

    Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

  22. Ecclesiastes 5:9מֶ֥לֶךְa king

    The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

  23. Ecclesiastes 8:2מֶ֣לֶךְa king

    Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

  24. Ecclesiastes 8:4מֶ֖לֶךְa king

    For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

  25. Ecclesiastes 9:14מֶ֤לֶךְa king

    There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

  26. Ecclesiastes 10:16שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְthat king your

    Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

  27. Ecclesiastes 10:17שֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְthat king your

    Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness.

  28. Ecclesiastes 10:20מֶ֚לֶךְa king

    Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

  29. Song of Songs 1:4הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

  30. Song of Songs 1:12שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙that the king

    While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

  31. Song of Songs 3:9הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

  32. Song of Songs 3:11בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְon the king

    Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

  33. Song of Songs 7:5מֶ֖לֶךְ[the] king

    Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

  34. Isaiah 1:1מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of

    This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

  35. Isaiah 6:1הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

  36. Isaiah 6:5הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king

    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

  37. Isaiah 7:1מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

  38. Isaiah 7:1מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

  39. Isaiah 7:1מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

  40. Isaiah 7:6מֶ֙לֶךְ֙a king

    ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

  41. Isaiah 7:16מְלָכֶֽיהָkings its

    For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

  42. Isaiah 7:17מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

  43. Isaiah 7:20בְּמֶ֣לֶךְwith [the] king of

    On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

  44. Isaiah 8:4מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

  45. Isaiah 8:7מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

  46. Isaiah 8:21בְּמַלְכּ֛וֹ<in> king its

    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

  47. Isaiah 10:8מְלָכִֽיםkings

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

  48. Isaiah 10:12מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

  49. Isaiah 14:4מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

  50. Isaiah 14:9מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of

    Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

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