מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
meleḵ
Pronunciation
meh'-lek
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָלַךְ (H4427)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1199a

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,523x

The KJV translates Strong's H4428 in the following manner: king (2,518x), royal (2x), Hammelech (1x), Malcham (1x), Moloch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,523x
The KJV translates Strong's H4428 in the following manner: king (2,518x), royal (2x), Hammelech (1x), Malcham (1x), Moloch (1x).
  1. king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.
STRONGS H4428: Abbreviations
I. מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI1, 5, 10, 18, 23 מלך; l4 המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred, LagBN 73 BaNB § 112 WMMAs. u. Europ. 76); Sabean מלכן Sab DenkmNo. 1; construct מלך, plural אמלך CISiv 37; compare Ethiopic God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic , מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא EutNab. 1); — מ׳ absolute Genesis 14:7 + (insert also 2 Samuel 13:17 Th We Dr Kit Bu, and 2 Samuel 13:34 We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 49:20 + 238 times (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ -); construct Genesis 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי 2 Samuel 19:4 (twice in verse) + 6 times, etc.; plural מְלָכִים Genesis 14:9 +; מְלָכִין Proverbs 31:3; construct מַלְכֵי Genesis 17:16 +; suffix מְלָכֶיהָ Isaiah 7:16 + 3 times; מַלְכֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 7:24 + 16 times, etc.; —
1. king: of Egypt Genesis 39:20f.; Exodus 1:8f.; Deuteronomy 11:3; 1 Kings 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Judges 3:8, 10; Genesis 14:1f.; 2 Kings 15:19, 20, 29; 2 Kings 17:3f.; 2 Kings 18:13f.; 2 Kings 24:1, 11f.; Ezra 1:1f.; Ezra 4:3f.; Esther 1:2 +, 1 Kings 11:18, 40; 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 17:4f.; 2 Kings 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Genesis 14:2f.; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:1, 8; Genesis 36:31; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 21:1f.; Numbers 22:4, 10; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:1f.; Joshua 2:2 (often in Joshua), Judges 1:7; Judges 5:19; Judges 8:5, 12; Judges 11:12f.; 2 Kings 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2 Samuel 8:3f.; 2 Samuel 8:9; 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1f.; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 5:1f.; 2 Kings 8:7f.; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 9:14, 15; 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:11, 16 +, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Genesis 36:31; Numbers 23:21; Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 17:14f.; Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 8:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:4f.; 1 Kings 1:33, 34f. + very often; compare also Judges 9:5. — 2 Samuel 18:29b strike out הַמּ׳ We Klo Dr Kit Bu. Note that in early books המלך דוד is nearly always said; in late books usually המלך שׁלמה וגו׳) דוד; compare Aramaic כּוֺרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא, etc.
2. of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1 Samuel 2:10 (|| מְשִׁיחוֺ), Psalm 2:6; Psalm 18:51; Psalm 89:19; Psalm 61:7, compare Psalm 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:22, 24; Zechariah 9:9.
4. in fable, king of trees Judges 9:8, 15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26; אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה מ׳ Proverbs 30:27; of death, מֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהוֺת Job 18:14.
5. combinations are: —
a. הַגָּדוֺל הַמּ׳ 2 Kings 18:19, 28 = Isaiah 36:4, 13 (of Assyrian king: compare Assyrian šarru rabu); גָּדוֺל מ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:14 (indefinite); of י׳ Malachi 1:14, עַלכֿלאֿלהים ג׳ מ׳ Psalm 95:3; מ׳ עוֺלָם Jeremiah 10:10 (of י׳); מְלָכִים מ׳ Ezekiel 26:7 (king of Babylon)
b. יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:34, 39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11; מֶלֶךְ בירושׁלם Ecclesiastes 1:1, compare Eccl 15:26; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 2:11 (בחברון עלהֿיה מ׳) 1 Kings 11:37; 2 Chronicles 28:4; Ecclesiastes 1:12.
c. following a verb (one or two accusative) על שִׂים מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:14, 15 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:19; שִׂים לָנוּ מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:5; שִׂים לְמ׳ 1 Kings 10:9; לְ נָתַן מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:6; Hosea 13:10, 11; נָתַן עַל 1 Samuel 12:13; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 13:26; הִמְלִיךְ לְמֶלֶךְ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; על הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ 1 Samuel 12:1; לְ הִמְלִיךְ מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:22; מָשַׁח מ׳ עַל Judges 9:8; מָשַׁח לְמ׳ 1 Kings 1:45; עַל מָשַׁךְ לְמ׳ Judges 9:15; 1 Samuel 15:1, 17; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3, 12; 2 Samuel 12:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 14:8; יִהְיֶה על מ׳ 1 Samuel 8:19; על בִּקֵּשׁ למ׳ 2 Samuel 3:17; הֵכִין לְמ׳ על 2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; על הֵקִים מ׳ 1 Kings 14:14; Deuteronomy 28:36; תַּחַת וגו׳ לְמ׳ יָשַׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא י׳ 1 Chronicles 29:23, compare Proverbs 20:8; אלהיך לְי׳ נָתַן עַלכִּֿסֵּא לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 9:8.
d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ Genesis 49:20 royal dainties, figurative; מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 25:36 royal feast (in simile); אֶבֶן הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 king's weight; יַדהַֿמּ׳ 1 Kings 10:13 royal bounty (in simile); גִּזֵּי הַמּ׳ Amos 7:1 king's mowings; מִקְדַּשׁ מ׳ Amos 7:13 royal sanctuary; עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם 2 Samuel 12:30 crown of their king = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (but read מִלְכֹּם We Klo Dr Kit Kau — not Bu KitChr. Hpt); compare also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק, גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc. — proper name אבימלך, אחימלך, אלימלך, מלך, נתן, מלך, עבד, see below אב, אח, etc.
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References

Genesis

Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:7; Genesis 14:9; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 17:16; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 26:8; Genesis 36:31; Genesis 36:31; Genesis 39:20; Genesis 49:20; Genesis 49:20

Exodus

Exodus 1:8

Numbers

Numbers 20:14; Numbers 21:1; Numbers 22:4; Numbers 22:10; Numbers 23:21; Numbers 24:7

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:1; Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 11:3; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 17:15; Deuteronomy 28:36; Deuteronomy 33:5

Joshua

Joshua 2:2

Judges

Judges 1:7; Judges 3:8; Judges 3:10; Judges 5:19; Judges 8:5; Judges 8:12; Judges 9:5; Judges 9:6; Judges 9:8; Judges 9:8; Judges 9:15; Judges 9:15; Judges 11:12; Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 8:5; 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 8:19; 1 Samuel 8:22; 1 Samuel 10:19; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel 12:1; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 15:17; 1 Samuel 25:36

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 5:2; 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 5:12; 2 Samuel 5:12; 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 8:9; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 12:30; 2 Samuel 13:17; 2 Samuel 13:34; 2 Samuel 14:26; 2 Samuel 16:16; 2 Samuel 18:29; 2 Samuel 19:4

1 Kings

1 Kings 1:33; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Kings 1:39; 1 Kings 1:45; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings 9:16; 1 Kings 10:9; 1 Kings 10:13; 1 Kings 11:18; 1 Kings 11:37; 1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 22:3

2 Kings

2 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 8:7; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 9:14; 2 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 18:28; 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:11

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 14:8; 1 Chronicles 20:2; 1 Chronicles 29:23; 1 Chronicles 29:25

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 9:8; 2 Chronicles 23:11; 2 Chronicles 28:4

Ezra

Ezra 1:1; Ezra 4:3

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 13:26

Esther

Esther 1:2

Job

Job 18:14; Job 41:26

Psalms

Psalms 2:6; Psalms 5:3; Psalms 10:16; Psalms 24:7; Psalms 24:8; Psalms 24:9; Psalms 24:10; Psalms 29:10; Psalms 44:5; Psalms 47:3; Psalms 47:8; Psalms 48:3; Psalms 61:7; Psalms 68:25; Psalms 74:12; Psalms 84:4; Psalms 89:19; Psalms 95:3; Psalms 95:3; Psalms 98:6; Psalms 99:4; Psalms 145:1; Psalms 149:2

Proverbs

Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 30:27; Proverbs 31:3

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:1; Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 9:14

Isaiah

Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 36:4; Isaiah 36:13; Isaiah 41:21; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 44:6

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 10:7; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 46:18; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 51:57

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 26:7; Ezekiel 37:22; Ezekiel 37:24

Hosea

Hosea 3:5; Hosea 13:10; Hosea 13:11

Amos

Amos 5:26; Amos 7:1; Amos 7:13

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 3:15

Zechariah

Zechariah 9:9; Zechariah 14:9; Zechariah 14:16; Zechariah 14:17

Malachi

Malachi 1:14; Malachi 1:14