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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. 1 Samuel 8:22

    And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.

    מֶ֑לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”

  2. 1 Samuel 10:19

    But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

    מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”

  3. 1 Samuel 10:24

    And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!

    הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  4. 1 Samuel 12:1

    And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  5. 1 Samuel 12:2

    And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

    הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  6. 1 Samuel 12:9

    But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  7. 1 Samuel 12:12

    And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃ (מַלְכְּ) mal.ke. “[was] king”

  8. 1 Samuel 12:13

    Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

    הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (מֶּ֛לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  9. 1 Samuel 12:14

    If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders of the Lord, but being true to the Lord your God, you and the king ruling over you, then all will be well:

    הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”

  10. 1 Samuel 12:17

    Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  11. 1 Samuel 12:19

    And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  12. 1 Samuel 12:25

    But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.

    מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם (מַלְכְּ) mal.ke. “king”

  13. 1 Samuel 14:47

    Now when Saul had taken his place as ruler of Israel, he made war on those who were against him on every side, Moab and the Ammonites and Edom and the kings of Zobah and the Philistines: and whichever way he went, he overcame them.

    וּבְמַלְכֵ֤י (מַלְכֵ֤י) mal.Khei “[the] kings of”

  14. 1 Samuel 15:1

    And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

    לְמֶ֔לֶךְ (מֶ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  15. 1 Samuel 15:8

    He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  16. 1 Samuel 15:11

    It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.

    לְמֶ֔לֶךְ (מֶ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  17. 1 Samuel 15:17

    And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

    לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (מֶ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  18. 1 Samuel 15:20

    And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  19. 1 Samuel 15:23

    For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.

    מִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  20. 1 Samuel 15:26

    And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.

    מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “king”

  21. 1 Samuel 15:32

    Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  22. 1 Samuel 16:1

    And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among hi

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  23. 1 Samuel 17:25

    And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family fr

    הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  24. 1 Samuel 17:55

    And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

    הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  25. 1 Samuel 17:56

    And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

    הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”