מַלְכוּתmalkûwth
royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom
Pronunciation: mal-kooth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4438
Meanings
1. royal power, dominion (Numbers 24:7; 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Kings 2:12)
2. reign (1 Chronicles 26:31; 2 Chronicles 3:2; 2 Chronicles 15:10)
3. kingdom, realm (2 Chronicles 1:1; 2 Chronicles 11:17; 2 Chronicles 20:30)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 91 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 24:7 Water will flow from their buckets; their offspring have all they need. Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.
- 1 Samuel 20:31 As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you’ll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!”
- 1 Kings 2:12 Solomon became king and sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
- 1 Chronicles 11:10 These are the leaders of David’s mighty warriors. Together with all Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the Lord had promised concerning Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 12:23 These are the numbers of armed warriors who joined David at Hebron. They were all eager to see David become king instead of Saul, just as the Lord had promised.
- 1 Chronicles 14:2 And David realized that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel and had greatly blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
See every passage
- Numbers 24:7
- 1 Samuel 20:31
- 1 Kings 2:12
- 1 Chronicles 11:10, 12:23, 14:2, 17:11, 17:14, 22:10, 26:31, 28:5, 28:7, 29:25, 29:30
- 2 Chronicles 1:1, 2:1, 2:12, 3:2, 7:18, 11:17, 12:1, 15:10, 15:19, 16:1, 16:12, 20:30, 29:19, 33:13, 35:19, 36:20, 36:22
- Ezra 1:1, 4:5, 4:6, 7:1, 8:1
- Nehemiah 9:35, 12:22
- Esther 1:2, 1:4, 1:7, 1:9, 1:11, 1:14, 1:19, 1:20, 2:3, 2:16, 2:17, 3:6, 3:8, 4:14, 5:1, 5:3, 5:6, 6:8, 7:2, 8:15, 9:30
- Psalms 45:6, 103:19, 145:11, 145:12, 145:13
- Ecclesiastes 4:14
- Jeremiah 10:7, 49:34, 52:31
- Daniel 1:1, 1:20, 2:1, 8:1, 8:22, 8:23, 9:1, 10:13, 11:2, 11:4, 11:9, 11:17, 11:20, 11:21
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).