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 23:29מֶ֥לֶךְ · help the king; הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · KingDuring Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
- 2 Kings 24:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingDuring Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
- 2 Kings 24:5לְמַלְכֵ֥י · of the KingsAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 24:7מֶ֣לֶךְ · Now the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; לְמֶ֥לֶךְNow the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
- 2 Kings 24:10מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAt that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
- 2 Kings 24:11מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAnd Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
- 2 Kings 24:12מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingJehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- 2 Kings 24:13הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the royal; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAs the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 24:15הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ · the king’s; הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · [his]Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 24:16מֶֽלֶךְ־ · The kingThe king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
- 2 Kings 24:17מֶֽלֶךְ־ · Then the kingThen the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- 2 Kings 24:20בְּמֶ֥לֶךְ · against the kingFor because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSo in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- 2 Kings 25:2לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · KingAnd the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- 2 Kings 25:4הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king’sThen the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- 2 Kings 25:5הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · [the king]…but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
- 2 Kings 25:6הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingThe Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
- 2 Kings 25:8לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · reign; מֶֽלֶךְ־; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingOn the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:9הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the royalHe burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- 2 Kings 25:11הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · the kingThen Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
- 2 Kings 25:19הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · royalOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:20מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingNebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- 2 Kings 25:21מֶ֨לֶךְ · the kingThere at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
- 2 Kings 25:22מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
- 2 Kings 25:23מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingWhen all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
- 2 Kings 25:24מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingAnd Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
- 2 Kings 25:27מֶֽלֶךְ־ · King; מֶ֨לֶךְ · became king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · KingOn the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
- 2 Kings 25:28הַמְּלָכִ֛ים · of the [other] kingsAnd he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:30הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · And the kingAnd the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
- 1 Chronicles 1:43הַמְּלָכִ֗ים · the kings; מֶ֖לֶךְ · any kingThese are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2מֶ֣לֶךְ · of King…the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- 1 Chronicles 4:23הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · of the kingThese were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 4:41מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king ofThese who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 5:6מֶ֣לֶךְ · king…and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
- 1 Chronicles 5:17מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAll of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSo the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.