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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 · 201–250 of 2,526 · BSB

  1. Joshua 12:23מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

  2. Joshua 12:23מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

  3. Joshua 12:24מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.

  4. Joshua 12:24מְלָכִ֖ים[the] kings

    and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.

  5. Joshua 13:10מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

  6. Joshua 13:21מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

  7. Joshua 13:27מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

  8. Joshua 13:30מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

  9. Joshua 24:9מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

  10. Joshua 24:12מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

  11. Judges 1:7מְלָכִ֡יםkings

    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

  12. Judges 3:8מֶ֖לֶךְ[the] king of

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

  13. Judges 3:10מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.

  14. Judges 3:12מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

  15. Judges 3:14מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

  16. Judges 3:15מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

  17. Judges 3:17מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese man.

  18. Judges 3:19הַמֶּ֑לֶךְO king

    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

  19. Judges 4:2מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

  20. Judges 4:17מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

  21. Judges 4:23מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

  22. Judges 4:24מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

  23. Judges 4:24מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

  24. Judges 5:3מְלָכִ֔יםO kings

    Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.

  25. Judges 5:19מְלָכִים֙kings

    Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

  26. Judges 5:19מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

  27. Judges 8:5מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of

    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

  28. Judges 8:12מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

  29. Judges 8:18הַמֶּֽלֶךְthe king

    Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”

  30. Judges 8:26מַלְכֵ֣י[the] kings of

    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

  31. Judges 9:6לְמֶ֑לֶךְto king

    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

  32. Judges 9:8מֶ֑לֶךְa king

    One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

  33. Judges 9:15לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙to king

    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

  34. Judges 11:12מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”

  35. Judges 11:13מֶ֨לֶךְ[the] king of

    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”

  36. Judges 11:14מֶ֖לֶךְ[the] king of

    Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites

  37. Judges 11:17מֶלֶךְ֩[the] king of

    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

  38. Judges 11:17מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

  39. Judges 11:17מֶ֧לֶךְ[the] king of

    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

  40. Judges 11:19מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’

  41. Judges 11:19מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’

  42. Judges 11:25מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

  43. Judges 11:28מֶ֖לֶךְ[the] king of

    But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.

  44. Judges 17:6מֶ֖לֶךְ[was] a king

    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

  45. Judges 18:1מֶ֖לֶךְ[was] a king

    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

  46. Judges 19:1וּמֶ֖לֶךְand [was] a king

    Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

  47. Judges 21:25מֶ֖לֶךְ[was] a king

    In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

  48. 1 Samuel 2:10לְמַלְכּ֔וֹto king his

    Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

  49. 1 Samuel 8:5מֶ֛לֶךְa king

    “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

  50. 1 Samuel 8:6מֶ֖לֶךְa king

    But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

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