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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 - [fn]Rehum H7348 the commander H1169 H2942 and Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613 wrote H3790 a letter H104 against H5922 Jerusalem H3390 to King H4430 Artaxerxes H783, as follows H3660—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - this H1836 is a copy H6573 of the letter H104 which H1768 they sent H7972 to him:

“To King H4430 Artaxerxes H783: Your servants H5649, the men H606 of the region H5675 beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103; and now H3706

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - let it be H3046 known H3046 to the king H4430 that the Jews H3062 who H1768 came H5559 up H5559 from you have come H858 to us at Jerusalem H3390; they are rebuilding H1124 the rebellious H4779 and evil H873 city H7149 and are finishing H3635 the walls H7792 and repairing H2338 the foundations H787.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - “Now H3705 let it be H3046 known H3046 to the king H4430, that if H2006 that city H7149 is rebuilt H1124 and the walls H7792 are finished H3635, they will not pay H5415 tribute H4061, custom H1093 tax H1093, or toll H1983, and it will [fn]be detrimental H5142 to the revenue H674 of the kings H4430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - “Now H3705 because H6903 H1768 we [fn]are in the service H4415 of the palace H1965, and it is not fitting H749 for us to see H2370 the king’s H4430 shame H6173, for this H1836 reason H5922 we have sent H7972 word and informed H3046 the king H4430,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - so H1768 that H1768 a search H1240 may be conducted H1240 in the record H1799 books H5609 of your fathers H2. And you will discover H7912 in the record H1799 books H5609 and learn H3046 that that city H7149 is a rebellious H4779 city H7149 and detrimental H5142 to kings H4430 and provinces H4083, and that they have revolted H5648 H849 within H1459 it in past H5957 days H3118; for this H1836 reason H5922 that city H7149 was laid H2718 waste H2718.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - “We are informing H3046 the king H4430 that if H2006 that city H7149 is rebuilt H1124 and the walls H7792 finished H3635, then as a result H6903 of this H1836 you will have H383 no H3809 possession H2508 in the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 -

Then the king H4430 sent H7972 a response H6600 to Rehum H7348 the commander H1169 H2942, Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613, and to the rest H7606 of their colleagues H3675 who H1768 live H3488 in Samaria H8115 and in the rest H7606 of the provinces beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103: “Peace H8001. And now H3706,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - “And a decree H2942 has been [fn]issued H7761 by me, and a search H1240 has been conducted H1240 and it has been discovered H7912 that that city H7149 has risen H5376 up against H5922 the kings H4430 in past H5957 days H3118, and that rebellion H4776 and revolt H849 have been perpetrated H5648 in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - that mighty H8624 kings H4430 have [fn]ruled H1934 over H5922 Jerusalem H3390, governing H7990 all H3606 the provinces beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, and that tribute H4061, custom H1093 tax H1093, and toll H1983 were paid H3052 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - “And beware H1934 of being negligent H7960 in carrying H5648 out H5648 this H1836 matter; why H4101 should there be great H7680 damage H2257, to the detriment H5142 of the kings H4430?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 -

Then H116 as soon H4481 H1768 as the copy H6573 of King H4430 Artaxerxes’ H783 decree H5407 was read H7123 before H6925 Rehum H7348 and Shimshai H8124 the scribe H5613 and their colleagues H3675, they went H236 in a hurry H924 to Jerusalem H3390 to the Jews H3062 and stopped H989 them by military H2429 force H153.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24

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Then H116 work H5673 on the house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390 was discontinued H989, and it was stopped H989 until H5704 the second H8648 year H8140 of the reign H4437 of Darius H1868 king H4430 of Persia H6540.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 -

This is the copy H6573 of the letter H104 that Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, and Shethar-bozenai H8370 and his colleagues H3675 the officials H671, who H1768 were beyond H5675 the River H5103, sent H7972 to Darius H1868 the king H4430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:7 - They sent H7972 the report H6600 to him in which it was written H3790 as follows H1836: “To Darius H1868 the king H4430, all H3606 peace H8001.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - “May it be H3046 known H3046 to the king H4430 that we have gone H236 to the province H4083 of Judah H3061, to the house H1005 of the great H7229 God H426 which H1932 is being built H1124 with large H1560 stones H69, and [fn]beams H636 are being laid H7761 in the walls H3797; and this H1791 work H5673 is being performed H5648 with great H629 care H629 and is succeeding H6744 in their hands H3028.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - “So they [fn]answered H8421 H6600 us as H3660 follows H3660, saying H560, ‘We are the servants H5649 of the God H426 of heaven H8065 and earth H772, and are rebuilding H1124 the temple H1005 that was built H1124 many H7690 years H8140 ago H6928, which a great H7229 king H4430 of Israel H3479 built H1124 and finished H3635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - ‘But because H4481 H1768 our fathers H2 provoked H7265 the God H426 of heaven H8065 to H7265 wrath H7265, He handed H3052 H3028 them over H3052 to Nebuchadnezzar H5020 king H4430 of Babylon H895, the Chaldean H3779, who destroyed H5642 this H1836 temple H1005 and deported H1541 the people H5972 to Babylon H895.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - ‘However H1297, in the first H2298 year H8140 of Cyrus H3567 king H4430 of Babylon H895, King H4430 Cyrus H3567 issued H7761 a decree H2942 to rebuild H1124 this H1836 house H1005 of God H426.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - ‘Also H638 the gold H1722 and silver H3702 utensils H3984 of the house H1005 of God H426 which H1768 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 had taken H5312 from the temple H1965 in Jerusalem H3390 and brought H2987 them to the temple H1965 of Babylon H895, King H4430 Cyrus H3567 took H5312 them H1994 from the temple H1965 of Babylon H895 and they were given H3052 to one whose name H8036 was Sheshbazzar H8340, whom H1768 he had appointed H7761 governor H6347.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - “And now H3705, if H2006 it pleases H2869 the king H4430, let a search H1240 be conducted H1240 in the king’s H4430 treasure H1596 house H1005, which H1768 is there H8536 in Babylon H895, as to whether H2006 a decree H2942 was issued H7761 by King H4430 Cyrus H3567 to rebuild H1124 this H1791 house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390; and let the king H4430 send H7972 to us his decision H7470 concerning H5922 this H1836 matter.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1

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Then H116 King H4430 Darius H1868 issued H7761 a decree H2942, and a search H1240 was conducted H1240 in the [fn]archives H1005 H5609, where H1768 H8536 the treasures H1596 were stored H5182 in Babylon H895.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - “In the first H2298 year H8140 of King H4430 Cyrus H3567, Cyrus H3567 the king H4430 issued H7761 a decree H2942: ‘Concerning the house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390, let the [fn]temple H1005, the place H870 where H1768 sacrifices H1685 are offered H1684, be rebuilt H1124, and let [fn]its foundations H787 be repaired H5446, its height H7314 being [fn]sixty H8361 cubits H521 and its width H6613 sixty H8361 cubits H521,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - with three H8532 layers H5073 of large H1560 stones H69 and [fn]one layer H5073 of timber H636. And the cost H5313 is to be paid H3052 from the [fn]royal H4430 treasury H1005.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - “Furthermore, I issue H7761 a decree H2942 concerning what H4101 H1768 you are to do H5648 for these H479 elders H7868 of Judah H3062 in the rebuilding H1124 of that H1791 house H1005 of God H426: the full H629 cost H5313 is to be paid H3052 to those H479 people H1400 from the royal H4430 treasury H5232 out of the taxes H4061 of the provinces beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, and that without H3809 interruption H989.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - so that they may offer H7127 acceptable H5208 sacrifices H5208 to the God H426 of heaven H8065 and pray H6739 for the lives H2417 of the king H4430 and his sons H1123.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - “May the God H426 who H1768 has caused His name H8036 to dwell H7932 there H8536 overthrow H4049 any H3606 king H4430 or people H5972 who H1768 [fn]attempts H7972 H3028 to [fn]change H8133 it, so as to destroy H2255 that house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390. I, Darius H1868, have issued H7761 this decree H2942; it is to be carried H5648 out H5648 with all H629 diligence H629!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 -

Then H116 Tattenai H8674, the governor H6347 of the province beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, Shethar-bozenai H8370, and their colleagues H3675 carried H5648 out H5648 the decree with all H629 diligence H629, just H6903 as King H4430 Darius H1868 had [fn]ordered H7972.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the elders H7868 of the Jews H3062 [fn]were successful H6744 in building H1124 through the prophecy H5017 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5029 and Zechariah H2148 the son H1247 of Iddo H5714. And [fn]they finished H3635 building H1124 following H4481 the command H2942 of the God H426 of Israel H3479 and the decree H2942 of Cyrus H3567, Darius H1868, and Artaxerxes H783 king H4430 of Persia H6540.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - Now this H1836 [fn]temple H1005 was completed H3319 [fn]on the third H8532 day H3118 of the month H3393 Adar H144; it was the sixth H8353 year H8140 of the reign H4437 of King H4430 Darius H1868.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - “[fn]Artaxerxes H783, king H4430 of kings H4430, to Ezra H5831 the priest H3549, the scribe H5613 of the Law H1882 of the God H426 of heaven H8065, [fn]perfect H1585 peace. And now H3706

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - “Since H6903 H1768 you are sent H7972 [fn]on the part H6925 of the king H4430 and his seven H7655 advisers H3272 to inquire H1240 about H5922 Judah H3061 and Jerusalem H3390 according to the Law H1882 of your God H426 which H1768 is in your hand H3028,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15 - and to bring H2987 the silver H3702 and gold H1722, which H1768 the king H4430 and his advisers H3272 have voluntarily H5069 given H5069 to the God H426 of Israel H3479, whose H1768 dwelling H4907 is in Jerusalem H3390,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20 - “And the rest H7606 of the needs H2819 of the house H1005 of your God H426, for which H1768 it may be incumbent H5308 upon you to provide H5415, provide H5415 for them from the royal H4430 treasury H1596.

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“I myself, King H4430 Artaxerxes H783, issue H7761 a decree H2942 to all H3606 the treasurers H1490 who H1768 are in the provinces beyond H5675 the Euphrates River H5103, that whatever H3606 H1768 Ezra H5831 the priest H3549, the scribe H5613 of the Law H1882 of the God H426 of heaven H8065, may require H7593 of you, it shall be done H5648 diligently H629,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - “Whatever H3606 H1768 is [fn]commanded H4481 H2942 by the God H426 of heaven H8065, it shall be done H5648 with zeal H149 for the house H1005 of the God H426 of heaven H8065, so H1768 that H1768 there will not be wrath H7109 against H5922 the kingdom H4437 of the king H4430 and his sons H1123.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - “And whoever H3605 does not comply H5648 with H5648 the Law H1882 of your God H426 and the law H1882 of the king H4430, judgment H1780 is to be executed H5648 upon him strictly H629, whether H2006 for death H4193 or H2006 for banishment H8332, or H2006 for [fn]confiscation H6065 of property H5232 or for imprisonment H613.”

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Then the Chaldeans H3778 spoke H1696 to the king H4428 in [fn]Aramaic H762: “O king H4430, live H2418 forever H5957! Tell H560 the dream H2493 to your servants H5649, and we will declare H2324 the interpretation H6591.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king H4430 replied H6032 to the Chaldeans H3779, “The command H4406 [fn]from me is firm H230: if H2006 you do not make H3046 known H3046 to me the dream H2493 and its interpretation H6591, you will be [fn]torn H5648 limb H1917 from limb and your houses H1005 will be turned H7761 into a rubbish H5122 heap H5122.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:7 - They answered H6032 a second H8579 time H8579 and said H560, “Let the king H4430 tell H560 the dream H2493 to his servants H5649, and we will declare H2324 the interpretation H6591.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - The king H4430 replied H6032, “I know H3046 for certain H3330 that you are trying H2084 to H2084 buy H2084 time H5732, because H6903 H1768 you have perceived H2370 that the command H4406 [fn]from me is firm H230,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans H3779 answered H6032 [fn]the king H4430 and said H560, “There H383 is H383 no H3809 person H606 on earth H3007 who H1768 could H3202 declare H2324 the matter H4406 [fn]to the king H4430, because H6903 H1768 no H3606 H3809 great H7229 king H4430 or ruler H7990 has ever asked H7593 anything H4406 like this H1836 of any H3606 soothsayer H2749 priest H2749, sorcerer H826, or Chaldean H3779.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - “Moreover, the thing H4406 which H1768 the king H4430 demands H7593 is difficult H3358, and there H383 is H383 no H3809 one H321 else H321 who H1768 could declare H2324 it [fn]to the king H4430 except H3861 gods H426, whose H1768 dwelling H4070 place H4070 is not with mortal flesh H1321.”

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Because H6903 of this H1836, the king H4430 became H1149 angry H1149 and extremely H7690 furious H7108, and he gave H560 orders H560 to kill H7 all H3606 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895.

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Then H116 Daniel H1841 replied H8421 with discretion H5843 and discernment H2942 to Arioch H746, the captain H7229 of the king’s H4430 [fn]bodyguard H2877, who H1768 had gone H5312 out H5312 to kill H6992 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he said H560 to Arioch H746, the king’s H4430 officer H7990, “For what H4101 reason H5922 H4101 is the decree H1882 from the king H4430 so harsh H2685?” Then H116 Arioch H746 informed H3046 Daniel H1841 of the matter H4406.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - So Daniel H1841 went H5954 in H5954 and requested H1156 of the king H4430 that he would give H5415 him a grace H2166 period H2166, so that he might declare H2324 the interpretation H6591 to the king H4430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 -

“It is He who changes H8133 the times H5732 and the periods H2166;

He removes H5709 kings H4430 and appoints H6966 kings H4430;

He gives H3052 wisdom H2452 to wise H2445 men H2445,

And knowledge H4486 to [fn]people of understanding H999.

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“To You, God H426 of my fathers H2, I give H3029 thanks H3029 and praise H7624,

For You have given H3052 me wisdom H2452 and power H1370;

Even now H3705 You have made H3046 known H3046 to me what H1768 we requested H1156 of You,

For You have made H3046 known H3046 to us the king’s H4430 matter H4406.”

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Thereupon H6903 H1836, Daniel H1841 went H5954 to Arioch H746, whom H1768 the king H4430 had appointed H4483 to kill H7 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895; he went H236 and said H560 this H3652 to him: “Do not kill H7 the wise H2445 men H2445 of Babylon H895! Take H5954 me [fn]into the king’s H4430 presence H6925, and I will declare H2324 the interpretation H6591 to the king H4430.”


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