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. Isaiah 43:15מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃ס · [and] your King
    I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”
  2. Isaiah 44:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the King
    Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  3. Isaiah 45:1מְלָכִ֖ים · kings
    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
  4. Isaiah 49:7מְלָכִים֙ · Kings
    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  5. Isaiah 49:23מְלָכִ֜ים · Kings
    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
  6. Isaiah 52:15מְלָכִ֖ים · Kings
    …so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
  7. Isaiah 57:9לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · to [Molech]
    You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
  8. Isaiah 60:3וּמְלָכִ֖ים · and kings
    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
  9. Isaiah 60:10וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם · and their kings
    Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
  10. Isaiah 60:11וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם · with their kings
    Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
  11. Isaiah 60:16מְלָכִ֖ים · of royalty
    You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  12. Isaiah 62:2מְלָכִ֖ים · kings
    Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
  13. Jeremiah 1:2מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
  14. Jeremiah 1:3מֶ֣לֶךְ · king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    …and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
  15. Jeremiah 1:18לְמַלְכֵ֤י · against the kings
    Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
  16. Jeremiah 2:26מַלְכֵיהֶם֙ · their kings
    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
  17. Jeremiah 3:6הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · of King
    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
  18. Jeremiah 4:9הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”
  19. Jeremiah 8:1מַלְכֵֽי־ · of the kings
    “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
  20. Jeremiah 8:19מַלְכָּ֖הּ · King
    Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
  21. Jeremiah 10:7מֶ֣לֶךְ · O King
    Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
  22. Jeremiah 10:10וּמֶ֣לֶךְ · King
    But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  23. Jeremiah 13:13הַמְּלָכִ֣ים · the kings
    …then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
  24. Jeremiah 13:18לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · to the king
    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
  25. Jeremiah 15:4מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
  26. Jeremiah 17:19מַלְכֵ֣י · the kings
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
  27. Jeremiah 17:20מַלְכֵ֤י · O kings
    Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
  28. Jeremiah 17:25מְלָכִ֣ים׀ · then kings
    …then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
  29. Jeremiah 19:3מַלְכֵ֣י · O kings
    …saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
  30. Jeremiah 19:4וּמַלְכֵ֣י · nor the kings
    …because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
  31. Jeremiah 19:13מַלְכֵ֣י · of the kings
    The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
  32. Jeremiah 20:4מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king
    For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
  33. Jeremiah 20:5מַלְכֵ֣י · of the kings
    I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
  34. Jeremiah 21:1הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · when King
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
  35. Jeremiah 21:2מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
  36. Jeremiah 21:4מֶ֤לֶךְ · the king
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
  37. Jeremiah 21:7מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
  38. Jeremiah 21:10מֶ֤לֶךְ · of the king
    For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
  39. Jeremiah 21:11מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the king
    Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.
  40. Jeremiah 22:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the king
    This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
  41. Jeremiah 22:2מֶ֣לֶךְ · O king
    …saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
  42. Jeremiah 22:4מְלָכִים֩ · then kings
    For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.
  43. Jeremiah 22:6מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the king
    For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
  44. Jeremiah 22:11מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
  45. Jeremiah 22:18מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
  46. Jeremiah 22:24מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
  47. Jeremiah 22:25מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
  48. Jeremiah 23:5מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · as King
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.