מָלַךְmâlak
מָלַךְ: be or become king, or queen, reign
Pronunciation: maw-lak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4427
Meanings
Qal: be (become) king, reign (Joshua 13:10; Exodus 15:18; Genesis 36:32)
Hiph`il: make king, or queen, cause to reign (1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 33:34)
מָלַךְ: counsel, advise
ᵑ7: malâku, counsel, advise (Nehemiah 5:7)
Same root
- יַמְלֵךְYamlêk · H3230Jamlek, an Israelite
- מַלּוּךְMallûwk · H4409Malluk, the name of five Israelites
- מְלוּכָהmᵉlûwkâh · H4410something ruled, i.e. a realm
- מֶלֶךְmelek · H4428a king
- מְלַךְmᵉlak · H4431advice
- מֹלֶךְMôlek · H4432Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites
- מַלְכוּתmalkûwth · H4438a rule; concretely, a dominion
- מְלֶכֶתmᵉleketh · H4446a queen
Where it appears
Appears 348 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 36:31 These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:
- Genesis 36:32 Bela son of Beor, who ruled in Edom from his city of Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:33 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place.
- Genesis 36:34 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
- Genesis 36:35 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab.
- Genesis 36:36 When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah became king in his place.
See every passage
- Genesis 36:31, 36:32, 36:33, 36:34, 36:35, 36:36, 36:37, 36:38, 36:39, 37:8
- Exodus 15:18
- Joshua 13:10, 13:12, 13:21
- Judges 4:2, 9:6, 9:8, 9:10, 9:12, 9:14, 9:16, 9:18
- 1 Samuel 8:7, 8:9, 8:11, 8:22, 11:12, 11:15, 12:1, 12:12, 12:14, 13:1, 15:11, 15:35, 16:1, 23:17, 24:20
- 2 Samuel 2:9, 2:10, 3:21, 5:4, 5:5, 8:15, 10:1, 15:10, 16:8
- 1 Kings 1:5, 1:11, 1:13, 1:17, 1:18, 1:24, 1:30, 1:35, 1:43, 2:11, 2:15, 3:7, 6:1, 11:24, 11:25, 11:37, 11:42, 11:43, 12:1, 12:17, 12:20, 14:19, 14:20, 14:21, 14:31, 15:1, 15:2, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 15:24, 15:25, 15:28, 15:29, 15:33, 16:6, 16:8, 16:10, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16, 16:21, 16:22, 16:23, 16:28, 16:29, 22:40, 22:41, 22:42, 22:50, 22:51
- 2 Kings 1:17, 3:1, 3:27, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:20, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 9:13, 9:29, 10:5, 10:35, 10:36, 11:3, 11:12, 11:21, 12:1, 12:21, 13:1, 13:9, 13:10, 13:24, 14:1, 14:2, 14:16, 14:21, 14:23, 14:29, 15:1, 15:2, 15:7, 15:8, 15:10, 15:13, 15:14, 15:17, 15:22, 15:23, 15:25, 15:27, 15:30, 15:32, 15:33, 15:38, 16:1, 16:2, 16:20, 17:1, 17:21, 18:1, 18:2, 19:37, 20:21, 21:1, 21:18, 21:19, 21:24, 21:26, 22:1, 23:30, 23:31, 23:33, 23:34, 23:36, 24:6, 24:8, 24:12, 24:17, 24:18, 25:1, 25:27
- 1 Chronicles 1:43, 1:44, 1:45, 1:46, 1:47, 1:48, 1:49, 1:50, 3:4, 4:31, 11:10, 12:31, 12:38, 16:31, 18:14, 19:1, 23:1, 28:4, 29:22, 29:26, 29:27, 29:28
- 2 Chronicles 1:8, 1:9, 1:11, 1:13, 9:30, 9:31, 10:1, 10:17, 11:22, 12:13, 12:16, 13:1, 13:2, 14:1, 16:13, 17:1, 17:7, 20:31, 21:1, 21:5, 21:8, 21:20, 22:1, 22:2, 22:12, 23:3, 23:11, 24:1, 24:27, 25:1, 26:1, 26:3, 26:23, 27:1, 27:8, 27:9, 28:1, 28:27, 29:1, 29:3, 32:33, 33:1, 33:20, 33:21, 33:25, 34:1, 34:3, 34:8, 36:1, 36:2, 36:4, 36:5, 36:8, 36:9, 36:10, 36:11, 36:20
- Nehemiah 5:7
- Esther 1:1, 1:3, 2:4, 2:17
- Job 34:30
- Psalms 47:8, 93:1, 96:10, 97:1, 99:1, 146:10
- Proverbs 8:15, 30:22
- Ecclesiastes 4:14
- Isaiah 7:6, 24:23, 32:1, 37:38, 52:7
- Jeremiah 1:2, 22:11, 22:15, 23:5, 33:21, 37:1, 51:59, 52:1, 52:4
- Ezekiel 17:16, 20:33
- Daniel 9:1, 9:2
- Hosea 8:4
- Micah 4:7
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