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Lexicon :: Strong's H4430 - meleḵ

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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 Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the commander and Shim'shai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Ar-ta-xerx'es the king as follows--

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - this is a copy of the letter that they sent--"To Ar-ta-xerx'es the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city; they are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - Now be it known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king's dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We make known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - The king sent an answer: "To Rehum the commander and Shim'shai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Sama'ria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - And take care not to be slack in this matter; why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Then, when the copy of King Ar-ta-xerx'es' letter was read before Rehum and Shim'shai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - Then the work on the house of God which is in Jerusalem stopped; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - The copy of the letter which Tat'tenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and She'thar-boz'enai and his associates the governors who were in the province Beyond the River sent to Darius the king;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:7 - they sent him a report, in which was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls; this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - And this was their reply to us: 'We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon, the Chalde'an, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - However in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnez'zar had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, these Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Shesh-baz'zar, whom he had made governor;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - Therefore, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices are offered and burnt offerings are brought; its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - with three courses of great stones and one course of timber; let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God; the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people that shall put forth a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tat'tenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, She'thar-boz'enai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechari'ah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by command of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Ar-ta-xerx'es king of Persia;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - "Ar-ta-xerx'es, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15 - and also to convey the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20 - And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which you have occasion to provide, you may provide it out of the king's treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - "And I, Ar-ta-xerx'es the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, be it done with all diligence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven, lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed upon him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then the Chalde'ans said to the king, "O king, live for ever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king answered the Chalde'ans, "The word from me is sure: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:7 - They answered a second time, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - The king answered, "I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the word from me is sure

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chalde'ans answered the king, "There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand; for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chalde'an.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - The thing that the king asks is difficult, and none can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:12 - Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Ar'i-och, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he said to Ar'i-och, the king's captain, "Why is the decree of the king so severe?" Then Ar'i-och made the matter known to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - And Daniel went in and besought the king to appoint him a time, that he might show to the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 - He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 - To thee, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for thou hast given me wisdom and strength, and hast now made known to me what we asked of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king's matter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Therefore Daniel went in to Ar'i-och, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him, "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation."

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