מֶ֫לֶךְ

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

2,525 total
  1. 2 Kings 8:20מֶֽלֶךְ׃ · king
    In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
  2. 2 Kings 8:23לְמַלְכֵ֥י · of the Kings
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  3. 2 Kings 8:25מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the reign; מֶ֥לֶךְ
    In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
  4. 2 Kings 8:26מֶ֥לֶךְ · king
    Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
  5. 2 Kings 8:28מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
  6. 2 Kings 8:29הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · So King; מֶ֣לֶךְ · king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  7. 2 Kings 9:3לְמֶ֖לֶךְ · you king
    Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
  8. 2 Kings 9:6לְמֶ֛לֶךְ · king
    So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
  9. 2 Kings 9:12לְמֶ֖לֶךְ · you king
    “That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
  10. 2 Kings 9:14מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
  11. 2 Kings 9:15הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · but King; מֶ֣לֶךְ · their king
    …but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
  12. 2 Kings 9:16מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
  13. 2 Kings 9:18הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king
    So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
  14. 2 Kings 9:19הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
  15. 2 Kings 9:21מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  16. 2 Kings 9:27מֶֽלֶךְ־ · When King
    When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
  17. 2 Kings 9:34מֶ֖לֶךְ · of a king
    Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
  18. 2 Kings 10:4הַמְּלָכִ֔ים · kings
    But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
  19. 2 Kings 10:6הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · of the king
    Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
  20. 2 Kings 10:7הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of the king
    And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
  21. 2 Kings 10:8הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · of the king
    When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
  22. 2 Kings 10:13מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of the king
    Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
  23. 2 Kings 10:34לְמַלְכֵ֥י · of the Kings
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  24. 2 Kings 11:2הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־ · of King; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · of the king
    But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
  25. 2 Kings 11:4הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king’s
    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
  26. 2 Kings 11:5הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the royal
    …and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
  27. 2 Kings 11:7הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king
    …the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
  28. 2 Kings 11:8הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · to the king
    You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
  29. 2 Kings 11:10לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · of King
    Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
  30. 2 Kings 11:11הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
  31. 2 Kings 11:12הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king’s; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס · the king
    Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
  32. 2 Kings 11:14הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
  33. 2 Kings 11:16הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · to the palace grounds
    So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
  34. 2 Kings 11:17הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
  35. 2 Kings 11:19הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king {down}; הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the royal; הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ · the royal
    He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
  36. 2 Kings 11:20מֶלֶךְ׃ס · at the royal
    …and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
  37. 2 Kings 12:6לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · of the reign
    By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.