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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 2 / 3 (Dan 2:25–Dan 5:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 - Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives[fn] of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:26 - The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - “But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29 - “As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - “But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:31 - “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 - “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - “You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - “Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:46 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:47 - The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:48 - Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate[fn] of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:1 - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:2 - And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:3 - So the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5 - “that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:9 - They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10 - “You, O king, have made a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the gold image;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - “There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17 - “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel[fn] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:1 - Nebuchadnezzar the king,
To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - “This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:19 - Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. So the king spoke, and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream concern those who hate you, and its interpretation concern your enemies!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And inasmuch as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field; let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:24 - this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:27 - Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:28 - All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - The king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1 - Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 - In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - Now all the king’s wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation.

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