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
- Isaiah 14:28הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · that KingIn the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
- Isaiah 19:4וּמֶ֤לֶךְ · kingI will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 19:11מַלְכֵי־ · kingsThe princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 20:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingBefore the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
- Isaiah 20:4מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king…so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- Isaiah 20:6מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingAnd on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
- Isaiah 23:15מֶ֣לֶךְ · king’s lifeAt that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
- Isaiah 24:21מַלְכֵ֥י · and the kingsIn that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
- Isaiah 30:33לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · for the kingFor Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Isaiah 32:1מֶ֑לֶךְ · a kingBehold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
- Isaiah 33:17מֶ֥לֶךְ · the KingYour eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
- Isaiah 33:22מַלְכֵּ֖נוּ · is our KingFor the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Isaiah 36:1לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · reign; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Isaiah 36:2מֶֽלֶךְ־ · And the king; הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · KingAnd the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- Isaiah 36:4הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · 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?
- Isaiah 36:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · 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.
- Isaiah 36:8הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · 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!
- Isaiah 36:13הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingThen the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
- Isaiah 36:14הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingThis is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
- Isaiah 36:15מֶ֥לֶךְ · 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.’
- Isaiah 36:16הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · 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,
- Isaiah 36:18מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the kingDo not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 36:21הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · [Hezekiah]But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- Isaiah 37:1הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · KingOn hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- Isaiah 37:4מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingPerhaps the LORD your God will hear 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.”
- Isaiah 37:5הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · of KingSo the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
- Isaiah 37:6מֶלֶךְ־ · 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.
- Isaiah 37:8מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingWhen the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- Isaiah 37:9מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingNow Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- Isaiah 37:10מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the 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.
- Isaiah 37:11מַלְכֵ֥י · the kingsSurely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
- Isaiah 37:13מֶֽלֶךְ־ · are the kings; וּמֶ֣לֶךְ; וּמֶ֖לֶךְWhere are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- Isaiah 37:18מַלְכֵ֥י · the kingsTruly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
- Isaiah 37:21מֶ֥לֶךְ · kingThen Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Isaiah 37:33מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingSo this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- Isaiah 37:37מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingSo Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Isaiah 38:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingAnd I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
- Isaiah 38:9מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingThis is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
- Isaiah 39:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingAt that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
- Isaiah 39:3הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · KingThen the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
- Isaiah 39:7מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the kingAnd some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
- Isaiah 41:2וּמְלָכִ֣ים · kings [before him]Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- Isaiah 41:21מֶ֥לֶךְ · the King“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.