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 22:51מַלְכּ֑וֹ · {He brings to} His king
    Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
  2. 2 Samuel 24:2הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · So the king
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
  3. 2 Samuel 24:3 (3×)הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
  4. 2 Samuel 24:4 (2×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · Nevertheless , the king’s; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of the king
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
  5. 2 Samuel 24:9הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · to the king
    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
  6. 2 Samuel 24:20 (2×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · before the king
    When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
  7. 2 Samuel 24:21הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  8. 2 Samuel 24:22הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
  9. 2 Samuel 24:23 (3×)הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · O king; לַמֶּ֑לֶךְס · to the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
  10. 2 Samuel 24:24הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the king
    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
  11. 1 Kings 1:1וְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · Now King
    Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
  12. 1 Kings 1:2 (3×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · [him]; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
    So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
  13. 1 Kings 1:3לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · to the king
    Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
  14. 1 Kings 1:4 (2×)לַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · for the king; וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · but he
    The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
  15. 1 Kings 1:9 (2×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · his royal; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the king
    And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
  16. 1 Kings 1:13 (2×)הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King; הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  17. 1 Kings 1:14הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king
    Then, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
  18. 1 Kings 1:15 (3×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · Since the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · him
    So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.
  19. 1 Kings 1:16 (2×)לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · to the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · [who]
    And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
  20. 1 Kings 1:18הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
  21. 1 Kings 1:19הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of the king
    And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not invited your servant Solomon.
  22. 1 Kings 1:20 (2×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
  23. 1 Kings 1:21הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
  24. 1 Kings 1:22הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king
    And just then, while Bathsheba was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
  25. 1 Kings 1:23 (3×)לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · So the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ; לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · the king
    So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.
  26. 1 Kings 1:24הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
  27. 1 Kings 1:25 (2×)הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · of the king; הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · King
    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
  28. 1 Kings 1:27 (2×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  29. 1 Kings 1:28 (3×)הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · Then King; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · into the king’s; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
    Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.