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
- Daniel 9:6מְלָכֵ֥ינוּ · our kingsWe have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.
- Daniel 9:8לִמְלָכֵ֥ינוּ · our kingsO LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Daniel 10:1מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingIn the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
- Daniel 10:13מַלְכֵ֥י · the kingsHowever, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
- Daniel 11:2מְלָכִ֜ים · kingsNow then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
- Daniel 11:3מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingThen a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.
- Daniel 11:5מֶֽלֶךְ־ · The kingThe king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.
- Daniel 11:6מֶֽלֶךְ־ · of the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingAfter some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
- Daniel 11:7מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the kingBut one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
- Daniel 11:8מִמֶּ֖לֶךְ · from the kingHe will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
- Daniel 11:9מֶ֣לֶךְ · of the king…who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.
- Daniel 11:11מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingIn a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.
- Daniel 11:13מֶ֣לֶךְ · For the kingFor the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
- Daniel 11:14מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingIn those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
- Daniel 11:15מֶ֣לֶךְ · Then the kingThen the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
- Daniel 11:25מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; וּמֶ֣לֶךְ · [who]And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.
- Daniel 11:27הַמְּלָכִים֙ · kingsAnd the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
- Daniel 11:36הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · Then the kingThen the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- Daniel 11:40מֶ֣לֶךְ · the king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · but the kingAt the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
- Hosea 1:1מַלְכֵ֣י · kings; מֶ֥לֶךְ · kingThis is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
- Hosea 3:4מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · kingFor the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
- Hosea 3:5מַלְכָּ֑ם · their kingAfterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Hosea 5:1הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · O royal“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- Hosea 5:13מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingWhen Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
- Hosea 7:3מֶ֑לֶךְ · the kingThey delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 7:5מַלְכֵּ֔נוּ · of our kingThe princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
- Hosea 7:7מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם · their kingsAll of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.
- Hosea 8:10מֶ֥לֶךְ · of the kingThough they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
- Hosea 10:3מֶ֖לֶךְ · king; וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · can a kingSurely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
- Hosea 10:6לְמֶ֣לֶךְ · kingYes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
- Hosea 10:7מַלְכָּ֑הּ · [with] her kingSamaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
- Hosea 10:15מֶ֥לֶךְ · the kingThus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
- Hosea 11:5מַלְכּ֑וֹ · and be ruledWill they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
- Hosea 13:10מַלְכְּךָ֙ · your king; מֶ֥לֶךְ · a kingWhere is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
- Hosea 13:11מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · a kingSo in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- Amos 1:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · [was] king; מֶ֣לֶךְ · [was] kingThese are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
- Amos 1:15מַלְכָּ֖ם · Their kingTheir king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
- Amos 2:1מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
- Amos 5:26מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם · your kingYou have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves.
- Amos 7:1הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king’sThis is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
- Amos 7:10מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingThen Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
- Amos 7:13מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · of the kingBut never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”