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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:3

    And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto the LORD: 'Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders; now serve the LORD your God, a

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  2. 2 Chronicles 35:4

    And prepare ye after your fathers' houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  3. 2 Chronicles 35:7

    And Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the passover-offerings, unto all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks; these were of the king's substance.

    הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  4. 2 Chronicles 35:10

    So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king's commandment.

    הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  5. 2 Chronicles 35:15

    And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate; they needed not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Lev

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  6. 2 Chronicles 35:16

    So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

    הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (מֶּ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  7. 2 Chronicles 35:18

    And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the i

    מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “<the> kings of”

  8. 2 Chronicles 35:20

    After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  9. 2 Chronicles 35:21

    But he sent ambassadors to him, saying: 'What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is wi

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “O king of”

  10. 2 Chronicles 35:23

    And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants: 'Have me away; for I am sore wounded.'

    לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מֶּ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  11. 2 Chronicles 35:27

    and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

    מַלְכֵֽי־ mal.khei- “[the] kings of”

  12. 2 Chronicles 36:3

    And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  13. 2 Chronicles 36:4

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  14. 2 Chronicles 36:6

    Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  15. 2 Chronicles 36:8

    Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

    מַלְכֵ֥י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  16. 2 Chronicles 36:10

    And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

    הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  17. 2 Chronicles 36:13

    And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD, the God of Israel.

    בַּמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מֶּ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  18. 2 Chronicles 36:17

    Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  19. 2 Chronicles 36:18

    And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

    הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  20. 2 Chronicles 36:22

    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in wr

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

  21. 2 Chronicles 36:23

    `Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people--the LORD his God be w

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  22. Ezra 1:1

    NOW IN the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in wr

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

  23. Ezra 1:2

    'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  24. Ezra 1:7

    Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

    וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  25. Ezra 1:8

    even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”