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
- 2 Kings 3:26 (2×)מֶ֣לֶךְ · When the king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingWhen the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
- 2 Kings 4:13הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king…and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
- 2 Kings 5:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingNow Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
- 2 Kings 5:5 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
- 2 Kings 5:6מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingAnd the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
- 2 Kings 5:7מֶֽלֶךְ־ · When the kingWhen the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
- 2 Kings 5:8 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king; הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · the kingNow when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
- 2 Kings 6:8וּמֶ֣לֶךְ · Now the kingNow the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
- 2 Kings 6:9מֶ֤לֶךְ · the kingThen the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
- 2 Kings 6:10מֶ֣לֶךְ · So the kingSo the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
- 2 Kings 6:11 (2×)מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the kingFor this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
- 2 Kings 6:12 (2×)הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king; לְמֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingBut one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
- 2 Kings 6:21מֶֽלֶךְ־ · And when the kingAnd when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
- 2 Kings 6:24מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSome time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
- 2 Kings 6:26 (2×)מֶ֣לֶךְ · As the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the kingAs the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
- 2 Kings 6:28הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · Then the kingThen the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
- 2 Kings 6:30הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · When the kingWhen the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
- 2 Kings 7:2לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ · the kingBut the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
- 2 Kings 7:6 (3×)מֶ֨לֶךְ · the king; מַלְכֵ֧י · the kings; מַלְכֵ֥יFor the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
- 2 Kings 7:9הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king’sFinally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
- 2 Kings 7:11הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · to the king’sThe gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
- 2 Kings 7:12הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · So the kingSo the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
- 2 Kings 7:14הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · and the kingThen the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
- 2 Kings 7:15לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the kingAnd they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
- 2 Kings 7:17 (2×)וְהַמֶּלֶךְ֩ · Now the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · when the kingNow the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
- 2 Kings 7:18הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the kingIt happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
- 2 Kings 8:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingAt the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
- 2 Kings 8:4וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · Now the kingNow the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
- 2 Kings 8:5 (3×)לַמֶּלֶךְ֮ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingAnd Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
- 2 Kings 8:6 (2×)הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · When the king; הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ · So the kingWhen the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
- 2 Kings 8:7מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingThen Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
- 2 Kings 8:8הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · So the kingSo the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- 2 Kings 8:9מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSo Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- 2 Kings 8:13מֶ֥לֶךְ · king“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
- 2 Kings 8:16 (3×)מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the reign; מֶ֣לֶךְ; מֶ֥לֶךְ · as kingIn the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 8:18מַלְכֵ֣י · of the kingsAnd Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.