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
- מָלַךְmâlak · H4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
- ΜελχίMelchí · G3197Melchi (i.e. Malki), the name of two Israelites
- אֲבִימֶלֶךְʼĂbîymelek · H40Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
- אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְʼĂdrammelek · H152Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib
- אֲחִימֶלֶךְʼĂchîymelek · H288Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
- אֱלִימֶלֶךְʼĔlîymelek · H458Elimelek, an Israelite
- אַלַּמֶּלֶךְʼAllammelek · H487Allammelek, a place in Palestine
- מֶלֶךְMelek · H4429Melek, the name of two Israelites
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.
See every passage
- Genesis 22 verses
- Exodus 14 verses
- Numbers 17 verses
- Deuteronomy 22 verses
- Joshua 62 verses
- Judges 32 verses
- 1 Samuel 75 verses
- 2 Samuel 203 verses
- 1 Kings 231 verses
- 2 Kings 268 verses
- 1 Chronicles 60 verses
- 2 Chronicles 218 verses
- Ezra 25 verses
- Nehemiah 29 verses
- Esther 119 verses
- Job 8 verses
- Psalms 63 verses
- Proverbs 31 verses
- Ecclesiastes 12 verses
- Song of Solomon 5 verses
- Isaiah 71 verses
- Jeremiah 212 verses
- Lamentations 3 verses
- Ezekiel 31 verses
- Daniel 40 verses
- Hosea 16 verses
- Amos 7 verses
- Jonah 2 verses
- Micah 5 verses
- Nahum 1 verses
- Habakkuk 1 verses
- Zephaniah 4 verses
- Haggai 2 verses
- Zechariah 9 verses
- Malachi 1 verses
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).