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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. Ezekiel 21:26

    For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

    מֶלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  2. Ezekiel 24:2

    'Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; this selfsame day the king of Babylon hath invested Jerusalem.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  3. Ezekiel 26:7

    For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מְלָכִ֑ים me.la.Khim “kings”

  4. Ezekiel 27:33

    When thy wares came forth out of the seas, thou didst fill many peoples; with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise didst thou enrich the kings of the earth.

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

  5. Ezekiel 27:35

    All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;

    וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ (מַלְכֵי) mal.khei. “kings”

  6. Ezekiel 28:12

    'Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say unto him: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou seal most accurate, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty,

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  7. Ezekiel 28:17

    Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may gaze upon thee.

    מְלָכִ֛ים me.la.Khim “kings”

  8. Ezekiel 29:2

    'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  9. Ezekiel 29:3

    speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said: My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  10. Ezekiel 29:18

    'Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it;

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  11. Ezekiel 29:19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her abundance, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  12. Ezekiel 30:10

    Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

    מֶלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  13. Ezekiel 30:21

    'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up to be healed, to put a roller, that it be bound up and wax strong, that it hold the sword.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  14. Ezekiel 30:22

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  15. Ezekiel 30:24

    And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  16. Ezekiel 30:25

    And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

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

  17. Ezekiel 31:2

    'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  18. Ezekiel 32:2

    'Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him: thou didst liken thyself unto a young lion of the nations; whereas thou art as a dragon in the seas; and thou didst gush forth with thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters w

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  19. Ezekiel 32:10

    Yea, I will make many peoples appalled at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

    וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ (מַלְכֵי) mal.khei. “kings”

  20. Ezekiel 32:11

    For thus saith the Lord GOD: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  21. Ezekiel 32:29

    There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword; they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

    מְלָכֶ֙יהָ֙ (מְלָכֶ֙י) me.la.Khei. “kings”

  22. Ezekiel 37:22

    and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

    וּמֶ֧לֶךְ (מֶ֧לֶךְ) Me.lekh “a king”לְמֶ֑לֶךְ (מֶ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  23. Ezekiel 37:24

    And My servant David shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd; they shall also walk in Mine ordinances, and observe My statutes, and do them.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[will be] king”

  24. Ezekiel 43:7

    And He said unto me: 'Son of man, this is the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more defile My holy name, neither they, nor thei

    וּמַלְכֵיהֶם֙ (מַלְכֵי) mal.khei. “kings”מַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם (מַלְכֵי) mal.khei. “kings”

  25. Ezekiel 43:9

    Now let them put away their harlotry, and the carcasses of their kings, far from Me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

    מַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם (מַלְכֵי) mal.khei. “kings”