Lexical Summary malkuth: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom Original Word: מַלְכוּתTransliteration: malkuth Phonetic Spelling: (mal-kooth') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom Meaning: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom Strong's Concordance empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal Or malkuth {mal-kooth'}; or (in plural) malkuyah {mal-koo-yah'}; from malak; a rule; concretely, a dominion -- empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal. see HEBREW malak Brown-Driver-Briggs H4438. malkuth מַלְכוּת noun feminine royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom (chiefly late); — ׳מ absolute Esther 1:9 +; construct 1 Chronicles 12:23 +; suffix מַלְכוּתִי 17:14, etc.; plural מַלְכֻיּוֺת Daniel 8:22; — 1 royal power, dominion Numbers 24:7 (with תִּנַשֵּׂא), 1 Samuel 20:31 (with תִּכּוֺן), 1 Kings 2:12 (c. id.); compare Jeremiah 10:7; Ecclesiastes 4:14; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 12:23; 29:30 ("" גְּבוּרָה), 2 Chronicles 33:13; Esther 1:19, royal (queenly) dignity 4:14; 1 Chronicles 14:2 (with נִשֵּׂאת); with לָכַד Daniel 11:21; with הֵכִין (subject ׳י) 1 Chronicles 17:11; 28:7; 2 Chronicles 12:1 (subject Rehob.); Israel royalty as belonging to ׳י 1 Chronicles 17:14; dominion of ׳י Psalm 103:19 (with מָֽשְׁלָה), 145:13 (twice in verse); מ ׳כְּבוֺד 145:11; מ הֲדַר ׳כְּבוֺד 145:12; מ ׳שֵׁבֶט 45:7; מ ׳כִּסֵּא 1 Chronicles 22:10; 28:5; 2 Chronicles 7:18; of Persia Esther 1:2; 5:1; לְמ ׳בַּיִת2Chron 1:18; 2 Chronicles 2:11; מ ׳בֵּית Esther 1:9; 2:16; 5:1 (compare Assyrian bit šarruti DlHWB 171); מ ׳יֵין royal wine 1:7; מ ׳דְּבַר royal command 1:19; מ ׳הוֺד royal honour, majesty 1 Chronicles 29:25; Daniel 11:21; so perhaps also מ ׳הֶדֶר 11:20 see Bev; מ בְּבוֺד ׳עשֶׁר Esther 1:4; מ ׳כֶּתֶר royal crown 1:11; 2:17; 6:8; מ ׳לְבוּשׁ royal apparel 6:8; 8:15; ׳מ (לְבוּשׁ omitted) 5:1 (queenly attire). 2 reign: 40th year of reign of David 1 Chronicles 26:31 compare 2 Chronicles 3:2; 15:10, 19; 16:1, 12; 35:19; Jeremiah 49:34; Daniel 1:1; also 2 Chronicles 29:19; of Babylonian and Persian kings Jeremiah 52:31 (מ ׳בִּשְׁנַת "" 2 Kings 25:27 מָלְכוֺ) Daniel 2:1; 8:1; Ezra 4:5-6, (twice in verse); 7:1; 8:1; Nehemiah 12:22; Esther 2:16; compare מָּרָס מַלְכוּת עַדמְֿלֹח2 Chronicles 36:20. 3 kingdom, realm2 Chronicles 1:1; 11:17; 20:30; Nehemiah 9:35; especially realm of Babylonia and Persia 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; Esther 1:14, 20; 2:3; 3:6, 8; 5:3, 6; 7:2; 9:30; Daniel 8:22; 9:1; 10:13; compare 11:2, 4 (twice in verse); 11:9, 17; 11:20 מ ׳הֶדֶר = Jerusalem according to Hi., but see 1 above |
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