מֶ֫לֶךְ
me.lekhkingHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2,525 occurrences35 books1,921 verses
Definition
from H4427; a king
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מֶ֫לֶךְ:
- βασιλεύςbasileus“king”97%
Glossary entries
Milcom King’s Highway King’s Pool King’s Valley Hammelech Molech
Usage patterns
Occurrences
2,525 total
- 2 Kings 17:4מֶֽלֶךְ־ · But the king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · King; לְמֶ֥לֶךְ · to the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · Therefore the kingBut the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
- 2 Kings 17:5מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Then the kingThen the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
- 2 Kings 17:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 17:7מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAll this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- 2 Kings 17:8וּמַלְכֵ֥י · by the kings…and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:24מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Then the kingThen the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- 2 Kings 17:26לְמֶ֣לֶךְ · to the kingSo they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
- 2 Kings 17:27מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Then the kingThen the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
- 2 Kings 18:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the reign; מֶ֥לֶךְIn the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 18:5מַלְכֵ֣י · kingHezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
- 2 Kings 18:7בְּמֶֽלֶךְ־ · against the kingAnd the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
- 2 Kings 18:9לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · reign; מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the reign; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingIn the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 18:10מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingAnd at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 18:11מֶֽלֶךְ־ · The kingThe king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:13לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · reign; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Kings 18:14מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · And the king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSo Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- 2 Kings 18:15הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the royalHezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
- 2 Kings 18:16מֶ֣לֶךְ · and [he]; לְמֶ֥לֶךְ · to the kingAt that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 18:17מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Nevertheless, the king; הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · KingNevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- 2 Kings 18:18הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingThen they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
- 2 Kings 18:19הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingThe Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?
- 2 Kings 18:21מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingLook now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
- 2 Kings 18:23מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- 2 Kings 18:28הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingThen the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
- 2 Kings 18:29הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingThis is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
- 2 Kings 18:30מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the kingDo not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- 2 Kings 18:31מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingDo not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
- 2 Kings 18:33מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the kingHas the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- 2 Kings 18:36הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · [Hezekiah]But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- 2 Kings 19:1הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · KingOn hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:4מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingPerhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- 2 Kings 19:5הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · of KingSo the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
- 2 Kings 19:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king…who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- 2 Kings 19:8מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingWhen the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- 2 Kings 19:9מֶֽלֶך־ · kingNow Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- 2 Kings 19:10מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.