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H4428Gמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekh

kingPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 38
  2. 14
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 18
  5. 26
  6. 109
  7. 37
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 86
  10. 283
  11. 305
  12. 370
  13. 69
  14. 277
  15. 32
  16. 42
  17. 196
  18. 8
  19. 67
  20. 32
  21. 12
  22. 5
  23. 80
  24. 264
  25. 3
  26. 37
  27. 52
  28. 19
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 8
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 2
  33. 5
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. 9
  39. 1

Renderings

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Other meanings of H4428

  • H4428Hהַמֶּלֶךְme.lekh`the king`H:N-MOccurrences: 3
  • H4428Iמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekhKing'sH:N-MOccurrences: 2
  • H4428Jמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekhKing'sH:N-MOccurrences: 1
  • H4428Kמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekhMilcomH:N-MOccurrences: 3
  • H4428Lמֶ֫לֶךְme.lekhKing'sH:N-MOccurrences: 4

2,513 occurrences in 1,912 verses

With their references and text in King James Version.

  1. 2 Chronicles 18:17

    And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  2. 2 Chronicles 18:19

    And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  3. 2 Chronicles 18:25

    Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  4. 2 Chronicles 18:26

    And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  5. 2 Chronicles 18:28

    So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  6. 2 Chronicles 18:29

    And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

    מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  7. 2 Chronicles 18:30

    Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.

    וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  8. 2 Chronicles 18:31

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[is] [the] king of”

  9. 2 Chronicles 18:32

    For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  10. 2 Chronicles 18:33

    And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  11. 2 Chronicles 18:34

    And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

    וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (מֶ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  12. 2 Chronicles 19:1

    And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  13. 2 Chronicles 19:2

    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

    הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  14. 2 Chronicles 19:11

    And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  15. 2 Chronicles 20:15

    And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  16. 2 Chronicles 20:34

    Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

    מַלְכֵ֥י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  17. 2 Chronicles 20:35

    And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  18. 2 Chronicles 21:2

    And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

    מֶ֥לֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  19. 2 Chronicles 21:6

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

    מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  20. 2 Chronicles 21:8

    In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  21. 2 Chronicles 21:12

    And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  22. 2 Chronicles 21:13

    But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

    מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  23. 2 Chronicles 21:17

    And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  24. 2 Chronicles 21:20

    Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

    הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ (מְּלָכִֽים) me.la.Khim “kings”

  25. 2 Chronicles 22:1

    And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

    מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”