מֶ֫לֶךְ

me.lekhking
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2,525 occurrences35 books1,921 verses
This word comes from the names of Hammelech, King's Highway, King's Valley, Shelah and Molech.

Definition

from H4427; a king
Traditional renderings: king, royal.

Glossary entries

Milcom King’s Highway King’s Pool King’s Valley Hammelech Molech

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

2,525 total
  1. 2 Samuel 14:24הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of the king
    But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
  2. 2 Samuel 14:26הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · according to the royal
    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
  3. 2 Samuel 14:28הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of the king
    Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
  4. 2 Samuel 14:29הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
  5. 2 Samuel 14:32 (2×)הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king’s
    “Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
  6. 2 Samuel 14:33 (4×)הַמֶּלֶךְ֮; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · [him]; הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · Then the king
    So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
  7. 2 Samuel 15:2הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the king
    He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
  8. 2 Samuel 15:3הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · but the king
    Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
  9. 2 Samuel 15:6הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king
    Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  10. 2 Samuel 15:7הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
  11. 2 Samuel 15:9הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    “Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.
  12. 2 Samuel 15:15 (3×)הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · The king’s; הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”
  13. 2 Samuel 15:16 (2×)הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · Then the king; הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · But he
    Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
  14. 2 Samuel 15:17הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · So the king
    So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
  15. 2 Samuel 15:18הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
    …and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
  16. 2 Samuel 15:19 (2×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · Then the king; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the new king
    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
  17. 2 Samuel 15:21 (3×)הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king
    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
  18. 2 Samuel 15:23וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · And as the king
    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
  19. 2 Samuel 15:25הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · Then the king
    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
  20. 2 Samuel 15:27הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · The king
    The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
  21. 2 Samuel 15:34הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · my king
    But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
  22. 2 Samuel 15:35הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · from the king’s
    Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
  23. 2 Samuel 16:2 (2×)הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · are for the king’s
    “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
  24. 2 Samuel 16:3 (2×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ
    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
  25. 2 Samuel 16:4 (2×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · So the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king
    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
  26. 2 Samuel 16:5הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · As King
    As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
  27. 2 Samuel 16:6הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · of the king
    He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
  28. 2 Samuel 16:9 (2×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king
    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
  29. 2 Samuel 16:10הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · But the king
    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
  30. 2 Samuel 16:14הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · Finally, the king
    Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
  31. 2 Samuel 16:16 (2×)הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king
    And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
  32. 2 Samuel 17:2הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
  33. 2 Samuel 17:16לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
  34. 2 Samuel 17:17לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King
    Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
  35. 2 Samuel 17:21לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King
    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”