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. Ezekiel 29:2מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
  2. Ezekiel 29:3מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
  3. Ezekiel 29:18מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
  4. Ezekiel 29:19מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
  5. Ezekiel 30:10מֶלֶךְ־ · king
    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  6. Ezekiel 30:21מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
  7. Ezekiel 30:22מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
  8. Ezekiel 30:24מֶ֣לֶךְ · king
    I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
  9. Ezekiel 30:25מֶ֣לֶךְ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
  10. Ezekiel 31:2מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
  11. Ezekiel 32:2מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
  12. Ezekiel 32:10וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ · and their kings
    I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
  13. Ezekiel 32:11מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
  14. Ezekiel 32:29מְלָכֶ֙יהָ֙ · her kings
    Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
  15. Ezekiel 37:22וּמֶ֧לֶךְ · king; לְמֶ֑לֶךְ
    I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
  16. Ezekiel 37:24מֶ֣לֶךְ · will be king
    My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
  17. Ezekiel 43:7וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ · nor their kings; מַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם · for their kings
    …and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
  18. Ezekiel 43:9מַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם · for their kings
    Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
  19. Daniel 1:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king; מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
  20. Daniel 1:2מֶֽלֶךְ־ · king
    And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
  21. Daniel 1:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · Then the king
    Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—
  22. Daniel 1:4הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · in the king’s
    …young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
  23. Daniel 1:5הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · The king; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · of the royal; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king’s service
    The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
  24. Daniel 1:8הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · with the king’s
    But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
  25. Daniel 1:10הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · before the king
    …but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
  26. Daniel 1:13הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the royal
    Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”
  27. Daniel 1:15הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king’s
    And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.
  28. Daniel 1:18הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · by the king
    Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
  29. Daniel 1:19הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ · And the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king’s service
    And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.
  30. Daniel 1:20הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king
    In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
  31. Daniel 1:21הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ · of King
    And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
  32. Daniel 2:2הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ · So the king; לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king
    So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
  33. Daniel 2:3הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · he
    …he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”
  34. Daniel 2:4לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king
    Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
  35. Daniel 8:1הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · of King
    In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
  36. Daniel 8:20מַלְכֵ֖י · represents the kings
    The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
  37. Daniel 8:21מֶ֣לֶךְ · represents the king; הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · king
    The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
  38. Daniel 8:23מֶ֥לֶךְ · king
    In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
  39. Daniel 8:27הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · the king’s
    I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.