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Lexicon :: Strong's H4430 - meleḵ

Aa
מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
meleḵ
Pronunciation
meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to מֶלֶךְ (H4428)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2829a

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4428; a king:—king, royal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 180x

The KJV translates Strong's H4430 in the following manner: king (179x), royal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 180x
The KJV translates Strong's H4430 in the following manner: king (179x), royal (1x).

  1. king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלֶךְ melek, meh'-lek; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4428; a king:—king, royal.
STRONGS H4430: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

מֶ֫לֶךְ 178 noun masculine king (general Semitic; see Biblical Hebrew H4429); — מ׳ absolute Daniel 2:10 + 2 times; construct Daniel 4:34 [Daniel 4:37] + 6 times; usually emphatic מַלְכָּא Ezra 4:8 + 154 times, מַלְכָּ֤ה Daniel 2:11; plural מַלְכִין Ezra 4:15 + 9 times, לְמַלְכָּ֔א Ezra 4:13 (Hebraism, BeRy M41*); emphatic מַלְכַיָּא Daniel 2:44 + 2 times; — king Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:5 + 132 times Daniel; Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:11 + 42 times Ezra (מֶלָךְ מַלְכַיָּא of Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 2:37, of Artaxerxes Ezra 7:12 [compare Cooke71.3, of Xerxes]; מַלְכִין Daniel 7:17 —מַלְכוּ = kingdoms, compare Daniel 7:23).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:8; 4:8; 4:11; 4:13; 4:15; 7:12

Daniel

2:4; 2:5; 2:10; 2:10; 2:11; 2:37; 2:44; 7:17; 7:23

H4430

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4430 matches the Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (meleḵ),
which occurs 180 times in 131 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Ezr 4:8–Dan 2:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, sent a letter against Jerusalem, to Artaxerxes the king;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - We give news to the king that the Jews who came from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are building up again that uncontrolled and evil town; the walls are complete and they are joining up the bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - So that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: and you will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled, and a cause of trouble to kings and countries, and that there were outbursts against authority there in the past: for which reason the town was made waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We give you word, that if the building of this town and its walls is made complete, there will be an end of your power in the country across the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:7 - They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made ruler;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - And may the God who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings and peoples whose hands are outstretched to make any change in this or to do damage to this house of God at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given this order, let it be done with all care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then Tattenai, the ruler across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their people, because of the order given by King Darius, did as he had said with all care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They went on building till it was complete, in keeping with the word of the God of Israel, and the orders given by Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15 - And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20 - And whatever more is needed for the house of your God, and which you may have to give, take it from the king's store-house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Whatever is ordered by the God of heaven, let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven; so that there may not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:7 - A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision is fixed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 - By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 - I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of the dream.

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