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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 World English Bible.

  1. 1 Samuel 8:22

    Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city.

    מֶ֑לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”

  2. 1 Samuel 10:19

    but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, [supplied: No], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.

    מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “a king”

  3. 1 Samuel 10:24

    Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, [supplied: Long] live the king.

    הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  4. 1 Samuel 12:1

    Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  5. 1 Samuel 12:2

    Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

    הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  6. 1 Samuel 12:9

    But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  7. 1 Samuel 12:12

    When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us; when Yahweh 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

    Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and, behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

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

  9. 1 Samuel 12:14

    If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, and both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God, [supplied: well]:

    הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”

  10. 1 Samuel 12:17

    Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking you a king.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  11. 1 Samuel 12:19

    All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins [supplied: this] evil, to ask us a king.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  12. 1 Samuel 12:25

    But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king."

    מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם (מַלְכְּ) mal.ke. “king”

  13. 1 Samuel 14:47

    Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put [supplied: them] to the worse.

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

  14. 1 Samuel 15:1

    Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of Yahweh.

    לְמֶ֔לֶךְ (מֶ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  15. 1 Samuel 15:8

    He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

    מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

  16. 1 Samuel 15:11

    It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

    לְמֶ֔לֶךְ (מֶ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  17. 1 Samuel 15:17

    Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;

    לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (מֶ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  18. 1 Samuel 15:20

    Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  19. 1 Samuel 15:23

    For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.

    מִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  20. 1 Samuel 15:26

    Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.

    מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “king”

  21. 1 Samuel 15:32

    Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

    מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

  22. 1 Samuel 16:1

    Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

    מֶֽלֶךְ׃ Me.lekh “a king”

  23. 1 Samuel 17:25

    The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

    הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  24. 1 Samuel 17:55

    When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.

    הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

  25. 1 Samuel 17:56

    The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"

    הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”