מַלְכוּתmalkûwth

royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

Pronunciation: mal-kooth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4438

Meanings

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.
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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).