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
- Jeremiah 36:21הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · [him]Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
- Jeremiah 36:22וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the kingSince it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
- Jeremiah 36:24הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the kingYet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- Jeremiah 36:25בַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingEven though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 36:26הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ · Instead, the king; הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · of the kingInstead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
- Jeremiah 36:27הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the kingAfter the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 36:28מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- Jeremiah 36:29מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingYou are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
- Jeremiah 36:30מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingTherefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
- Jeremiah 36:32מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingThen Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
- Jeremiah 37:1מֶ֔לֶךְ; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
- Jeremiah 37:3הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ · Yet KingYet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
- Jeremiah 37:7מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 37:17הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ · Later, King; הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingLater, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 37:18הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · KingThen Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
- Jeremiah 37:19מֶֽלֶךְ־ · The kingWhere are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
- Jeremiah 37:20הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the kingBut now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
- Jeremiah 37:21הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · So KingSo King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 38:3מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingThis is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
- Jeremiah 38:4הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the kingThen the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
- Jeremiah 38:5הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · King; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
- Jeremiah 38:6הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king’sSo they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Jeremiah 38:7הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · in the royal; וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · While the kingNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 38:8הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · from the king’s; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the kingEbed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
- Jeremiah 38:9הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · the king“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
- Jeremiah 38:10הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · So the kingSo the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
- Jeremiah 38:11הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · to the king’sThen Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
- Jeremiah 38:14הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · Then King; הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · the kingThen King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
- Jeremiah 38:16הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · But KingBut King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
- Jeremiah 38:17מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the kingThen Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
- Jeremiah 38:18מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the kingBut if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
- Jeremiah 38:19הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · But KingBut King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
- Jeremiah 38:22מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the kingAll the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
- Jeremiah 38:23מֶֽלֶךְ־ · the kingAll your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
- Jeremiah 38:25הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · [he]If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
- Jeremiah 38:26הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king…then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
- Jeremiah 38:27הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the kingWhen all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
- Jeremiah 39:1מֶלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingIn the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.