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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מֶ֫לֶךְ:

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 Chronicles 28:5מֶ֤לֶךְ · of the king
    So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:7הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס · to the king
    Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.
  3. 2 Chronicles 28:16הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · King; מַלְכֵ֥י · the king
    At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
  4. 2 Chronicles 28:19מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.
  5. 2 Chronicles 28:20מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
  6. 2 Chronicles 28:21הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the royal; לְמֶ֣לֶךְ · [it] to the king
    Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
  7. 2 Chronicles 28:22הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · King
    In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  8. 2 Chronicles 28:23מַלְכֵֽי־ · of the kings
    He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
  9. 2 Chronicles 28:26מַלְכֵֽי־ · of the Kings
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:27מַלְכֵ֣י · of the kings
    And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
  11. 2 Chronicles 29:15הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of the king
    When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
  12. 2 Chronicles 29:18הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · King
    Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
  13. 2 Chronicles 29:19הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ · King
    Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”
  14. 2 Chronicles 29:20הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · King
    Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
  15. 2 Chronicles 29:23הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
  16. 2 Chronicles 29:24הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king
    And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
  17. 2 Chronicles 29:25הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king’s
    Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
  18. 2 Chronicles 29:27מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
  19. 2 Chronicles 29:29הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · the king
    When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
  20. 2 Chronicles 29:30הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · Then King
    Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
  21. 2 Chronicles 30:2הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · For the king
    For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,
  22. 2 Chronicles 30:4הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king
    This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.
  23. 2 Chronicles 30:6הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · of the king; מַלְכֵ֥י · of the kings
    At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
  24. 2 Chronicles 30:12הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · of the king
    Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
  25. 2 Chronicles 30:24מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.
  26. 2 Chronicles 30:26מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.
  27. 2 Chronicles 31:3הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ · The king
    The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
  28. 2 Chronicles 31:13הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of King
    Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
  29. 2 Chronicles 32:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
  30. 2 Chronicles 32:4מַלְכֵ֣י · should the kings
    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
  31. 2 Chronicles 32:7מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king
    “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
  32. 2 Chronicles 32:8מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  33. 2 Chronicles 32:9מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · for King
    Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
  34. 2 Chronicles 32:10מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
  35. 2 Chronicles 32:11מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the king
    Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
  36. 2 Chronicles 32:20הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · King
    In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
  37. 2 Chronicles 32:21מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the king
    …and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
  38. 2 Chronicles 32:22מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of King
    So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
  39. 2 Chronicles 32:23מֶ֣לֶךְ · king of
    Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
  40. 2 Chronicles 32:32מַלְכֵי־ · of the Kings
    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
  41. 2 Chronicles 33:11לְמֶ֣לֶךְ · of the king
    So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  42. 2 Chronicles 33:18מַלְכֵ֥י · of the Kings
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  43. 2 Chronicles 33:25הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King
    But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
  44. 2 Chronicles 34:11מַלְכֵ֥י · the kings
    They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.