Definition
from H4427; a king
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Traditional renderings: king, royal.
Glossary entries
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Where it occurs
Occurrences
2,525 total
- 2 Samuel 5:2מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · kingEven in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- 2 Samuel 5:3 (3×)הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ · King; לְמֶ֖לֶךְ · kingSo all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:6הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · Now the kingNow the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
- 2 Samuel 5:11מֶֽלֶךְ־ · kingNow Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
- 2 Samuel 5:12לְמֶ֖לֶךְ · as kingAnd David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:17לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · kingWhen the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 6:12לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · to KingNow it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
- 2 Samuel 6:16הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ · KingAs the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Samuel 6:20מֶ֣לֶךְ · the kingWhen David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
- 2 Samuel 7:1הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the kingAfter the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
- 2 Samuel 7:2הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · [he]…he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
- 2 Samuel 7:3הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · to the kingAnd Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
- 2 Samuel 7:18הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · Then KingThen King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- 2 Samuel 8:3מֶ֣לֶךְ · kingDavid also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- 2 Samuel 8:5מֶ֣לֶךְ · KingWhen the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
- 2 Samuel 8:8הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · KingAnd from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
- 2 Samuel 8:9מֶ֣לֶךְ · When KingWhen King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
- 2 Samuel 8:10הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־ · King…he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
- 2 Samuel 8:11הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ · King…and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
- 2 Samuel 8:12מֶ֥לֶךְ · king…from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 9:2הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ · and the kingAnd there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 9:3 (2×)הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · So the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְSo the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
- 2 Samuel 9:4 (2×)הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ“Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
- 2 Samuel 9:5הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ · So KingSo King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
- 2 Samuel 9:9הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ · Then the kingThen the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
- 2 Samuel 9:11 (3×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · the king; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · of the king’sAnd Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
- 2 Samuel 9:13הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ · the king’sSo Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
- 2 Samuel 10:1מֶ֖לֶךְ · the kingSome time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
- 2 Samuel 10:5הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · The kingWhen this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 2 Samuel 10:6מֶ֤לֶךְ · from the kingWhen the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
- 2 Samuel 10:19הַמְּלָכִ֜ים · the kings [who were]When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 2 Samuel 11:2הַמֶּ֔לֶךְOne evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 11:8 (2×)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ; הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · from the kingThen he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
- 2 Samuel 11:9הַמֶּ֔לֶךְBut Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
- 2 Samuel 11:19הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ · the king…and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king a full account of the battle,
- 2 Samuel 11:20הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the king’s…if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
- 2 Samuel 11:24הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ · and some of the king’sThen the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
- 2 Samuel 12:7לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ · you kingThen Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 12:30מַלְכָּם֩ · of their kingThen he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
- 2 Samuel 13:4הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ · of the king…and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
- 2 Samuel 13:6 (2×)הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ · When the king; הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
- 2 Samuel 13:13הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ · the kingWhere could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”