4428. melek
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melek: king
Original Word: מֶ֫לֶך
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: melek
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-lek)
Short Definition: king

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Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
king
NASB Translation
King (253), king (1730), King's (6), king's (241), kingdom (1), Kings (41), kings (241), kings' (2), royal (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. מֶ֫לֶךְ2513 noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI1, 5, 10, 18, 23 מלך; Nehemiah 1:4 המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred, LagBN 73 BaNB § 112 WMMAs. u. Europ.76); Sabean מלכן SabDenkmNo. 1; construct מלך, plural אמלך CISiv 37; compare Ethiopic God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic , מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא EutNab. 1); — ׳מ absolute Genesis 14:7 + (insert also 2 Samuel 13:17 ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu, and 2 Samuel 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 49:20 238t. (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ-); construct Genesis 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי 2 Samuel 19:44 6t., etc.; plural מְלָכִים Genesis 14:9 +; מְלָכִין Proverbs 31:3; construct מַלְכֵי Genesis 17:16 +; suffix מְלָכֶיהָ Isaiah 7:16 3t.; מַלְכֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 7:24 16t., etc.; —

1 king: of Egypt Genesis 39:20f.; Exodus 1:8f.; Deuteronomy 11:3; 1 Kings 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Judges 3:8,10; Genesis 14:1f.; 2 Kings 15:19,20,29; 2 Kings 17:3f.; 2 Kings 18:13f.; 2 Kings 24:1,11f.; Ezra 1:1f.; Ezra 4:3f.; Esther 1:2 +, 1 Kings 11:18,40; 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 17:4f.; 2 Kings 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Genesis 14:2f.; Genesis 14:18; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 26:1,8; Genesis 36:31; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 21:1f.; Numbers 22:4,10; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:1f.; Joshua 2:2 (often in Joshua), Judges 1:7; Judges 5:19; Judges 8:5,12; Judges 11:12f.; 2 Kings 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2 Samuel 8:3f. 2 Samuel 8:9; 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1f.; 1 Kings 22:3; 2 Kings 5:1f.; 2 Kings 8:7f.; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 9:14,15; 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15; 1 Kings 9:11,16+, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Genesis 36:31; Numbers 23:21; Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 17:14f.; Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Samuel 8:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:4f.; 1 Kings 1:33,34f. + very often; compare also Judges 9:5. — 2 Samuel 18:29b strike out ׳הַמּ We Klo Dr Kit Bu. Note that in early books המלך דוד is nearly always said; in late books usually המלך ׳שׁלמה וגו) דוד; compare Aramaic כּוֺרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא, etc.

2 of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1 Samuel 2:10 ("" מְשִׁיחוֺ), Psalm 2:6; Psalm 18:51; Psalm 89:19; Psalm 61:7, compare Psalm 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:22,24; Zechariah 9:9.

3 used of ׳י as king of Israel 1 Samuel 12:12; in poetry Deuteronomy 33:5 compare Psalm 5:3; Psalm 10:16; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 44:5; Psalm 48:3; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 74:12; Psalm 84:4; Psalm 145:1; Psalm 149:2; Isaiah 41:21; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 44:6; Zephaniah 3:15; מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֺד Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:8; Psalm 24:9; Psalm 24:10 (twice in verse); universal king Psalm 47:3; Psalm 47:8; Psalm 95:3; Psalm 98:6; Jeremiah 10:7,10, compare Jeremiah 46:18; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 51:57; Zechariah 14:9,16,17; Malachi 1:14; of false god Amos 5:26.

4 in fable, king of trees Judges 9:8,15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26; אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה ׳מ Proverbs 30:27; of death, מֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהוֺת Job 18:14.

5 combinations are:

a. הַגָּדוֺל ׳הַמּ 2 Kings 18:19,28 = Isaiah 36:4,13 (of Assyrian king: compare Assyrian šarru rabu); גָּדוֺל ׳מ Ecclesiastes 9:14 (indefinite); of ׳י Malachi 1:14, עַלכֿלאֿלהים ׳ג ׳מ Psalm 95:3; ׳מ עוֺלָם Jeremiah 10:10 (of ׳י); מְלָכִים ׳מ Ezekiel 26:7 (king of Babylon)

b. יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:34,39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2Chronicles 23:11; מֶלֶךְ בירושׁלם Ecclesiastes 1:1, compare Eccl 15:26; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 2:11 (׳בחברון עלהֿיה מ) 1 Kings 11:37; 2Chronicles 28:4; Ecclesiastes 1:12.

c. following a verb (one or two accusative) על ׳שִׂים מ Deuteronomy 17:14,15 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:19; ׳שִׂים לָנוּ מ 1 Samuel 8:5; ׳שִׂים לְמ 1 Kings 10:9; לְ ׳נָתַן מ 1 Samuel 8:6; Hosea 13:10,11; נָתַן עַל 1 Samuel 12:13; 2Chron 2:10; Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 13:26; הִמְלִיךְ לְמֶלֶךְ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; על ׳הִמְלִיךְ מ 1 Samuel 12:1; לְ ׳הִמְלִיךְ מ 1 Samuel 8:22; ׳מָשַׁח מ עַל Judges 9:8; ׳מָשַׁח לְמ 1 Kings 1:45; עַל ׳מָשַׁךְ לְמ Judges 9:15; 1 Samuel 15:1,17; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3,12; 2 Samuel 12:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 1 Chronicles 14:8; יִהְיֶה על ׳מ 1 Samuel 8:19; על ׳בִּקֵּשׁ למ 2 Samuel 3:17; ׳הֵכִין לְמ על 2 Samuel 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; על ׳הֵקִים מ 1 Kings 14:14; Deuteronomy 28:36; ׳תַּחַת וגו ׳לְמ ׳יָשַׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא י 1 Chronicles 29:23, compare Proverbs 20:8; אלהיך ׳לְי ׳נָתַן עַלכִּֿסֵּא לְמ2Chronicles 9:8.

d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ Genesis 49:20 royal dainties, figurative; ׳מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ 1 Samuel 25:36 royal feast (in simile); ׳אֶבֶן הַמּ 2 Samuel 14:26 king's weight; ׳יַדהַֿמּ 1 Kings 10:13 royal bounty (in simile); ׳גִּזֵּי הַמּ Amos 7:1 king's mowings; ׳מִקְדַּשׁ מ Amos 7:13 royal sanctuary; עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם 2 Samuel 12:30 crown of their king = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (but read מִלְכֹּם ᵐ5 We Klo Dr Kit Kau — not Bu KitChr. Hpt); compare also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק, גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc. — proper name אבימלך, אחימלך, אלימלך, מלך, נתן, מלך, עבד, see below אב, אח, etc.

מַלְכִישׁוּעַ proper name, masculine son of Saul my king (= ׳י) is opulence, compare GrayProp. N. 147); — 1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 10:2 (in Chronicles מַלְכִּישֿׁוּעַ). ᵐ5 Μελχεισα, Μελχεσουε, etc.



Strong's
king, royal

From malak; a king -- king, royal.

see HEBREW malak

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