מַלְכוּmalkûw

royalty, reign, kingdom

Pronunciation: mal-koo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4437

Meanings

1. royalty, kingship, kingly authority (Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:28; Daniel 4:33)

2. organized (world-) kingdom (Daniel 2:39; Daniel 2:40; Daniel 2:41)

3. realm, (territorial) (Daniel 4:15; Daniel 4:33; Daniel 5:7)

4. time of reigning (Daniel 5:26; Daniel 6:29; Ezra 4:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 57 times in the Bible.

Ezra 4:24 The Rebuilding Resumes So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
Ezra 6:15 The Temple was completed on March 12, during the sixth year of King Darius’s reign.
Ezra 7:13 “I decree that any of the people of Israel in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may volunteer to return to Jerusalem with you.
Ezra 7:23 Be careful to provide whatever the God of heaven demands for his Temple, for why should we risk bringing God’s anger against the realm of the king and his sons?
Daniel 2:37 Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.
Daniel 2:39 “But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to take your place. After that kingdom has fallen, yet a third kingdom, represented by bronze, will rise to rule the world.

See every passage

Ezra 4:24, 6:15, 7:13, 7:23
Daniel 2:37, 2:39, 2:40, 2:41, 2:42, 2:44, 4:3, 4:17, 4:18, 4:25, 4:26, 4:29, 4:30, 4:31, 4:32, 4:34, 4:36, 5:7, 5:11, 5:16, 5:18, 5:20, 5:21, 5:26, 5:28, 5:29, 5:31, 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 6:7, 6:26, 6:28, 7:14, 7:18, 7:22, 7:23, 7:24, 7:27

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).