מֶלֶךְmelek

מֶ֫לֶךְ: king

Pronunciation: meh'-lek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4428

Meanings

1. king (Genesis 39:20; Exodus 1:8; Deuteronomy 11:3)

2. of Davidic king (1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 2:6; Psalms 18:51)

3. used of ׳ י as king of Israel (1 Samuel 12:12; Deuteronomy 33:5; Psalms 5:3)

4. in fable (Judges 9:8; Judges 9:15; Job 41:26)

5. combinations are

a. šarru rabu (2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 18:28; Isaiah 36:4)

d. royal dainties, royal feast (Genesis 49:20; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 14:26)

מַלְכִישׁוּעַ: proper name, masculine: son of Saul (1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 10:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2,525 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 14:1 About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
  • Genesis 14:2 fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
  • Genesis 14:5 One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  • Genesis 14:8 Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.
  • Genesis 14:9 They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
  • Genesis 14:10 As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).