Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4428
מֶ֫לֶךְ
me.lekh · “king”
Used 2,526 times across 35 books
Definition
1) king
Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)
Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)
Where it appears
Genesis41
Exodus14
Numbers20
Deuteronomy26
Joshua109
Judges37
1 Samuel86
2 Samuel284
1 Kings306
2 Kings372
1 Chronicles69
2 Chronicles277
Ezra32
Nehemiah43
Esther196
Job8
Psalms67
Proverbs32
Ecclesiastes12
Song of Solomon5
Isaiah80
Jeremiah268
Lamentations3
Ezekiel37
Daniel52
Hosea19
Amos7
Jonah2
Micah5
Nahum1
Habakkuk1
Zephaniah3
Haggai2
Zechariah9
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 14:1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;Genesis 14:2That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,Genesis 14:8And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;Genesis 14:9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.Genesis 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.Genesis 14:21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
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