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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2,525 total
  1. Jeremiah 24:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
  2. Jeremiah 24:8מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  3. Jeremiah 25:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · king
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  4. Jeremiah 25:3מֶ֨לֶךְ · king
    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  5. Jeremiah 25:9מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    …behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  6. Jeremiah 25:11מֶ֥לֶךְ · the king
    And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
  7. Jeremiah 25:12מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king
    But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
  8. Jeremiah 25:14וּמְלָכִ֖ים · kings
    For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
  9. Jeremiah 25:18מְלָכֶ֖יהָ · its kings
    …to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
  10. Jeremiah 25:19מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
  11. Jeremiah 25:20מַלְכֵ֖י · the kings; מַלְכֵי֙ · the kings
    …all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
  12. Jeremiah 25:22מַלְכֵי־ · the kings; מַלְכֵ֣י; מַלְכֵ֣י · the kings
    …all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
  13. Jeremiah 25:24מַלְכֵ֣י · the kings; מַלְכֵ֣י · the kings
    …all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
  14. Jeremiah 25:25מַלְכֵ֣י · the kings; מַלְכֵ֣י; מַלְכֵ֥י
    …all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
  15. Jeremiah 25:26מַלְכֵ֣י · the kings; וּמֶ֥לֶךְ · the king
    …all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
  16. Jeremiah 26:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
  17. Jeremiah 26:10הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · from the king’s
    When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
  18. Jeremiah 26:18מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
  19. Jeremiah 26:19מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  20. Jeremiah 26:21הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־ · King; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · and the king
    King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
  21. Jeremiah 26:22הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · Then King
    Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
  22. Jeremiah 26:23הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King
    They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
  23. Jeremiah 27:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
  24. Jeremiah 27:3מֶ֨לֶךְ · the kings; מֶ֣לֶךְ; מֶ֙לֶךְ֙; מֶ֥לֶךְ; מֶ֣לֶךְ · and; מֶ֥לֶךְ · king
    Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
  25. Jeremiah 27:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
  26. Jeremiah 27:7וּמְלָכִ֖ים · kings
    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
  27. Jeremiah 27:8מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶ֣לֶךְ
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
  28. Jeremiah 27:9מֶ֥לֶךְ · the king
    But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
  29. Jeremiah 27:11מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king
    But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
  30. Jeremiah 27:12מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king
    And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
  31. Jeremiah 27:13מֶ֥לֶךְ · the king
    Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
  32. Jeremiah 27:14מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king
    Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
  33. Jeremiah 27:17מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the king
    Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?