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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. Jeremiah 44:30

    thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought

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

  2. Jeremiah 45:1

    The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:

    מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  3. Jeremiah 46:2

    Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

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

  4. Jeremiah 46:13

    The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  5. Jeremiah 46:17

    They cried there: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.'

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  6. Jeremiah 46:18

    As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  7. Jeremiah 46:25

    The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him;

    מְלָכֶ֑יהָ (מְלָכֶ֑י) me.la.Khei. “kings”

  8. Jeremiah 46:26

    and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  9. Jeremiah 48:15

    Moab is spoiled, and they are gone up into her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  10. Jeremiah 49:28

    Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith the LORD: Arise ye, go up against Kedar, and spoil the children of the east.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  11. Jeremiah 49:30

    Flee ye, flit far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  12. Jeremiah 49:34

    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  13. Jeremiah 49:38

    And I will set My throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith the LORD.

    מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “king”

  14. Jeremiah 50:17

    Israel is a scattered sheep, the lions have driven him away; first the king of Assyria hath devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

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

  15. Jeremiah 50:18

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

    מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  16. Jeremiah 50:41

    Behold, a people cometh from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be roused from the uttermost parts of the earth.

    וּמְלָכִ֣ים (מְלָכִ֣ים) me.la.Khim “kings”

  17. Jeremiah 50:43

    The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them, and his hands wax feeble; anguish hath taken hold of him, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  18. Jeremiah 51:11

    Make bright the arrows, fill the quivers, the LORD hath roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because His device is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.

    מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  19. Jeremiah 51:28

    Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors thereof, and all the deputies thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

    מַלְכֵ֣י mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  20. Jeremiah 51:31

    One post runneth to meet another, and one messenger to meet an other, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter;

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

  21. Jeremiah 51:34

    Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath set me down as an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath washed me clean.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  22. Jeremiah 51:57

    And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

    הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  23. Jeremiah 51:59

    The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was quartermaster.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  24. Jeremiah 52:3

    For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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

  25. Jeremiah 52:4

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”