מֶלֶךְ (melek) — King

Strong's H4428 is tagged on 2,525 words in 1,921 verses across 35 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 14:1 and last appears in Malachi 1:14.

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Verses (first 25 of 1921)

• Genesis 14:1 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:2 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:5 — וְהַמְּלָכִים — and the kings
• Genesis 14:8 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:9 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:10 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:17 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:18 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:21 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 14:22 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 17:6 — וּמְלָכִים — and kings
• Genesis 17:16 — מַלְכֵי — kings of
• Genesis 20:2 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 26:1 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 26:8 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 35:11 — וּמְלָכִים — and kings
• Genesis 36:31 — הַמְּלָכִים — were the kings
• Genesis 39:20 — הַמֶּלֶךְ — the king
• Genesis 40:1 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 40:5 — לְמֶלֶךְ — belonged to the king of
• Genesis 41:46 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Genesis 49:20 — מֶלֶךְ ס — a king
• Exodus 1:8 — מֶלֶךְ — a king
• Exodus 1:15 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of
• Exodus 1:17 — מֶלֶךְ — the king of

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Related entries

Named in this entry's derivation: H4427 מָלַךְ (mâlak).

Entries whose derivation names this word: H40 אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek), H152 אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ (ʼĂdrammelek), H288 אֲחִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂchîymelek), H458 אֱלִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĔlîymelek), H487 אַלַּמֶּלֶךְ (ʼAllammelek), H4429 מֶלֶךְ (Melek), H4430 מֶלֶךְ (melek), H4436 מַלְכָּה (malkâh), H4439 מַלְכִּיאֵל (Malkîyʼêl), H4441 מַלְכִּיָּה (Malkîyâh), H4442 מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק (Malkîy-Tsedeq), H4443 מַלְכִּירָם (Malkîyrâm) and 5 more.

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