Definition
from H4427; a king
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Glossary entries
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Where it occurs
Occurrences
2,525 total
- 1 Kings 20:4הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the kingAnd the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
- 1 Kings 20:7מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Then the kingThen the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
- 1 Kings 20:9הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the kingSo Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
- 1 Kings 20:11מֶֽלֶךְ־ · And the kingAnd the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
- 1 Kings 20:12וְהַמְּלָכִ֖ים · and the kingsBen-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
- 1 Kings 20:13מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingMeanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:16 (2×)וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים · kings; מֶ֖לֶךְThey marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
- 1 Kings 20:20מֶ֣לֶךְ · king…and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
- 1 Kings 20:21מֶ֣לֶךְ · Then the kingThen the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
- 1 Kings 20:22 (2×)מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingAfterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
- 1 Kings 20:23מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingMeanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
- 1 Kings 20:24הַמְּלָכִים֙ · the kingsSo do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
- 1 Kings 20:28מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingThen the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:31 (3×)מַלְכֵי֙ · the kings; מַלְכֵ֥י; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingThen the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
- 1 Kings 20:32מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingSo with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
- 1 Kings 20:38לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · for the king…and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
- 1 Kings 20:39 (2×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · As the king; הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the kingAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
- 1 Kings 20:40מֶֽלֶךְ־ · And the kingBut while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
- 1 Kings 20:41מֶ֣לֶךְ · and the kingThen the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
- 1 Kings 20:43מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingSullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.
- 1 Kings 21:1מֶ֖לֶךְ · kingSome time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- 1 Kings 21:10וָמֶ֑לֶךְ · and the kingBut seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:13וָמֶ֑לֶךְ · and the kingAnd the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:18מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
- 1 Kings 22:2 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · [visit] the kingHowever, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
- 1 Kings 22:3 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · [who]; מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the king…who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Kings 22:4מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingSo he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 1 Kings 22:5מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingBut Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- 1 Kings 22:6 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · So the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the kingSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:8 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · The king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · The kingThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 1 Kings 22:9מֶ֣לֶךְ · So the kingSo the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
- 1 Kings 22:10 (2×)וּמֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingDressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
- 1 Kings 22:12הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the kingAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:13הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · to the kingThen the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
- 1 Kings 22:15 (3×)הַמֶּלֶךְ֒; הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the kingWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:16הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · But the kingBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
- 1 Kings 22:18מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Then the kingThen the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
- 1 Kings 22:26מֶ֣לֶךְ · And the kingAnd the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,