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Lexicon :: Strong's H4438 - malḵûṯ

Aa
מַלְכוּת
Transliteration
malḵûṯ
Pronunciation
mal-kooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199e

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכוּת malkûwth, mal-kooth'; or מַלְכֻת malkuth; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh; from H4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x

The KJV translates Strong's H4438 in the following manner: kingdom (51x), reign (21x), royal (13x), realm (4x), empire (1x), estate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 91x
The KJV translates Strong's H4438 in the following manner: kingdom (51x), reign (21x), royal (13x), realm (4x), empire (1x), estate (1x).
  1. royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power

    1. royal power, dominion

    2. reign

    3. kingdom, realm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכוּת malkûwth, mal-kooth'; or מַלְכֻת malkuth; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה malkuyâh; from H4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:—empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
STRONGS H4438: Abbreviations
מַלְכוּת noun feminine royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom (chiefly late); — מ׳ absolute Esther 1:9 +; construct 1 Chronicles 12:23 +; suffix מַלְכוּתִי 1 Chronicles 17:14, etc.; plural מַלְכֻיּוֺת Daniel 8:22; —
1. royal power, dominion Numbers 24:7 (with תִּנַשֵּׂא), 1 Samuel 20:31 (with תִּכּוֺן), 1 Kings 2:12 (with id.); compare Jeremiah 10:7; Ecclesiastes 4:14; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 12:23; 1 Chronicles 29:30 (|| גְּבוּרָה), 2 Chronicles 33:13; Esther 1:19, royal (queenly) dignity Esther 4:14; 1 Chronicles 14:2 (with נִשֵּׂאת); with לָכַד Daniel 11:21; with הֵכִין (subject י׳) 1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Chronicles 28:7; 2 Chronicles 12:1 (subject Rehoboam); Israel royalty as belonging to י׳ 1 Chronicles 17:14; dominion of י׳ Psalm 103:19 (with מָֽשְׁלָה), Psalm 145:13 (twice in verse); כְּבוֺד מ׳ Psalm 145:11; כְּבוֺד הֲדַר מ׳ Psalm 145:12; שֵׁבֶט מ׳ Psalm 45:7; כִּסֵּא מ׳ 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 7:18; of Persia Esther 1:2; Esther 5:1; בַּיִת לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 2:11; בֵּית מ׳ Esther 1:9; Esther 2:16; Esther 5:1 (compare Assyrian bit šarruti DlHWB 171); יֵין מ׳ royal wine Esther 1:7; דְּבַר מ׳ royal command Esther 1:19; הוֺד מ׳ royal honour, majesty 1 Chronicles 29:25; Daniel 11:21; so perhaps also הֶדֶר מ׳ Daniel 11:20 see Bev; עשֶׁר בְּבוֺד מ׳ Esther 1:4; כֶּתֶר מ׳ royal crown Esther 1:11; Esther 2:17; Esther 6:8; לְבוּשׁ מ׳ royal apparel Esther 6:8; Esther 8:15; מ׳ (לְבוּשׁ omitted) Esther 5:1 (queenly attire).
2. reign: 40th year of reign of David 1 Chronicles 26:31 compare 2 Chronicles 3:2; 15:10, 19; 16:1, 12; 35:19; Jeremiah 49:34; Daniel 1:1; also 2 Chronicles 29:19; of Babylonian and Persian kings Jeremiah 52:31 (בִּשְׁנַת מ׳ || 2 Kings 25:27 מָלְכוֺ) Daniel 2:1; Daniel 8:1; Ezra 4:5, 6 (twice in verse); Ezra 7:1; Ezra 8:1; Nehemiah 12:22; Esther 2:16; compare פָּרָס מַלְכוּת עַדמְֿלֹח 2 Chronicles 36:20.
3. kingdom, realm 2 Chronicles 1:1; 11:17; 20:30; Nehemiah 9:35; especially realm of Babylonia and Persia 2 Chronicles 36:22 = Ezra 1:1; Esther 1:14, 20; Esther 2:3; Esther 3:6, 8; Esther 5:3, 6; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:30; Daniel 8:22; Daniel 9:1; Daniel 10:13; compare Daniel 11:2, 4 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:9, 17; Daniel 11:20 הֶדֶר מ׳ = Jerusalem according to Hi., but see 1 above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:7

1 Samuel

20:31

1 Kings

2:12

2 Kings

25:27

1 Chronicles

11:10; 12:23; 12:23; 14:2; 17:11; 17:14; 17:14; 22:10; 26:31; 28:5; 28:7; 29:25; 29:30

2 Chronicles

1:1; 2:11; 3:2; 7:18; 11:17; 12:1; 15:10; 15:19; 16:1; 16:12; 20:30; 29:19; 33:13; 35:19; 36:20; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 4:5; 4:6; 7:1; 8:1

Nehemiah

9:35; 12:22

Esther

1:2; 1:4; 1:7; 1:9; 1:9; 1:11; 1:14; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 2:3; 2:16; 2:16; 2:17; 3:6; 3:8; 4:14; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1; 5:3; 5:6; 6:8; 6:8; 7:2; 8:15; 9:30

Psalms

45:7; 103:19; 145:11; 145:12; 145:13

Ecclesiastes

4:14

Jeremiah

10:7; 49:34; 52:31

Daniel

1:1; 2:1; 8:1; 8:22; 8:22; 9:1; 10:13; 11:2; 11:4; 11:9; 11:17; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4438 matches the Hebrew מַלְכוּת (malḵûṯ),
which occurs 91 times in 82 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 24:7–Est 3:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 -

“Water H4325 will flow H5140 from his buckets H1805,

And his seed H2233 will be by many H7227 waters H4325,

And his king H4428 shall be H7311 higher H7311 than H4480 Agag H90,

And his kingdom H4438 shall be exalted H5375.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - “For, [fn]as H3605 H3117 long H3605 H3117 as the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 lives H2421 on the earth H127, neither H3808 you nor H3808 your kingdom H4438 will be established H3559. Now H6258 then, send H7971 men and bring H3947 him to me, for he is [fn]doomed H1121 to die H4194!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - Then Solomon H8010 sat H3427 on the throne H3678 of his father H1 David H1732, and his kingdom H4438 was firmly H3966 established H3559.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:10 -

Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who remained H2388 faithful H2388 to him in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 -

Now these H428 are the numbers H4557 of the [fn]divisions H7218 equipped H2502 for war H6635, who came H935 to David H1732 at Hebron H2275, to turn H5437 the kingdom H4438 of Saul H7586 to him, according to the [fn]word H6310 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David H1732 realized H3045 that the LORD H3068 had established H3559 him as king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478, and that his kingdom H4438 was highly H4605 exalted H5375, for the sake H5668 of His people H5971 Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:11 - “When H3588 your days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 that you must [fn]go H1980 to be with your fathers H1, then I will set H6965 up H6965 one of your [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 you, who H834 will be from your sons H1121; and I will establish H3559 his kingdom H4438.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:14 - “But I will settle H3427 him in My house H1004 and in My kingdom H4438 forever H5704 H5769, and his throne H3678 will be established H3559 forever H5704 H5769.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:10 - ‘He shall build H1129 a house H1004 for My name H8034, and he shall be My son H1121 and I will be his Father H1; and I will establish H3559 the throne H3678 of his kingdom H4438 over H5921 Israel H3478 forever H5704 H5769.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - As for the Hebronites H2276, Jerijah H3404 the chief H7218 [fn](these Hebronites H2276 were sought H1875 out H1875 according to their genealogies H8435 and fathers’ H1 households, in the fortieth H705 year H8141 of David’s H1732 reign H4438, and men H1368 of H1368 outstanding H1368 capability H2428 were found H4672 among them at Jazer H3270 of Gilead H1568)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:5 - “Of all H3605 my sons H1121 (for the LORD H3068 has given H5414 me many H7227 sons H1121), He has chosen H977 my son H1121 Solomon H8010 to sit H3427 on the throne H3678 of the kingdom H4438 of the LORD H3068 over H5921 Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:7 - ‘I will establish H3559 his kingdom H4438 forever H5704 H5769 if H518 he resolutely H2388 performs H6213 My commandments H4687 and My ordinances H4941, as [fn]is done now H3117.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - The LORD H3068 highly H4605 honored H1431 Solomon H8010 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 Israel H3478, and bestowed H5414 on him royal H4438 majesty H1935 which H834 had H1961 not been H1961 bestowed on any H3605 king H4428 before H6440 him in Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:30 - with all H3605 of his reign H4438, his power H1369, and the circumstances H6256 which H834 came H5674 upon him, Israel H3478, and all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the lands H776.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:1 -

Now Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 established H2388 himself securely H2388 over H5921 his kingdom H4438, and the LORD H3068 his God H430 was with him and exalted H1431 him greatly H4605.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:1 -

[fn]Now Solomon H8010 [fn]decided H559 to build H1129 a house H1004 for the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, and a [fn]royal H4438 palace H1004 for himself.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Then Huram H2361 [fn]continued H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, who H834 made H6213 heaven H8064 and earth H776, who H834 has given H5414 King H4428 David H1732 a wise H2450 son H1121, [fn]endowed H3045 with discretion H7922 and understanding H998, who H834 will build H1129 a house H1004 for the LORD H3068 and a [fn]royal H4438 palace H1004 for himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:2 - He began H2490 to build H1129 on the second H8145 day in the second H8145 month H2320 [fn]of the fourth H702 year H8141 of his reign H4438.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - then I will establish H6965 your royal H4438 throne H3678 as I covenanted H3772 with your father H1 David H1732, saying H559, ‘[fn]You shall not lack H3772 a man H376 to be ruler H4910 in Israel H3478.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:17 - They strengthened H2388 the kingdom H4438 of Judah H3063 and supported H553 Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 for three H7969 years H8141, for they walked H1980 in the way H1870 of David H1732 and Solomon H8010 for three H7969 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:1 -

When the kingdom H4438 of Rehoboam H7346 was established H3559 and strong H2393, he and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him abandoned H5800 the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - So they assembled H6908 at Jerusalem H3389 in the third H7992 month H2320 of the fifteenth H2568 H6240 year H8141 of Asa’s H609 reign H4438.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - And there was no H3808 more war H4421 until H5704 the thirty-fifth H7970 H2568 year H8141 of Asa’s H609 reign H4438.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 -

In the thirty-sixth H7970 H8337 year H8141 of Asa’s H609 reign H4438, Baasha H1201 king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H5927 up H5927 against H5921 Judah H3063 and [fn]fortified H1129 Ramah H7414 in order to prevent H1115 H5414 anyone from going H3318 out H3318 or coming H935 in H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - In the thirty-ninth H7970 H8672 year H8141 of his reign H4438 Asa H609 became H2456 diseased H2456 in his feet H7272. His disease H2483 was severe H4605, yet even H1571 in his disease H2483 he did not seek H1875 the LORD H3068, but the physicians H7495.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:30 - So the kingdom H4438 of Jehoshaphat H3092 was H8252 at H8252 peace H8252, for his God H430 gave H5117 him rest H5117 on all H5439 sides H5439.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:19 - “Moreover, all H3605 the utensils H3627 which H834 King H4428 Ahaz H271 had discarded H2186 during his reign H4438 in his unfaithfulness H4604, we have prepared H3559 and consecrated H6942; and behold H2009, they are before H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13 - When he prayed H6419 to Him, He was moved H6279 by him and heard H8085 his pleading H8467, and brought H7725 him back H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 to his kingdom H4438. Then Manasseh H4519 knew H3045 that the LORD H3068 alone is God H430.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of Josiah’s H2977 reign H4438 this H2088 Passover H6453 was celebrated H6213.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - He took H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 those H7611 who had escaped H7611 from the sword H2719 to Babylon H894; and they were servants H5650 to him and to his sons H1121 until H5704 the rule H4427 of the kingdom H4438 of Persia H6539,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 -

Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 -

Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414, the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559:

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and bribed H7936 advisers H3289 against H5921 them to frustrate H6565 their advice H6098 all H3605 the days H3117 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, even until H5704 the reign H4438 of Darius H1867 king H4428 of Persia H6539.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 -

Now in the reign H4438 of [fn]Ahasuerus H325, in the beginning H8462 of his reign H4438, they wrote H3789 an accusation H7855 against H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 -

Now after H310 these H428 things H1697, in the reign H4438 of Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia H6539, Ezra H5830 went up to Jerusalem; Ezra was the son H1121 of Seraiah H8304, son H1121 of Azariah H5838, son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 -

Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of their fathers’ H1 households and the genealogical H3187 enrollment H3187 of those who went H5927 up H5927 with me from Babylon H894 in the reign H4438 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783:

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:35 -

“But they, in their own kingdom H4438,

With Your great H7227 goodness H2898 which H834 You gave H5414 them,

With the broad H7342 and rich H8082 land H776 which H834 You placed H5414 before H6440 them,

Did not serve H5647 You or turn H7725 from their evil H7451 deeds H4611.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:22 -

As for the Levites H3881, the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households were registered H3789 in the days H3117 of Eliashib H475, Joiada H3077, and Johanan H3076, and Jaddua H3037; so were the priests H3548 in the reign H4438 of Darius H1867 the Persian H6542.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those H1992 days H3117 as King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 which H834 was at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - [fn]At that time he displayed H7200 the riches H6239 of his royal H4438 glory H3519 and the splendor H3366 of his great H1420 majesty H1420 for many H7227 days H3117, 180 H8084 H3967 days H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - Drinks H8248 were served H8248 in golden H2091 vessels H3627 of various H8132 kinds H3627, and the royal H4438 wine H3196 was plentiful H7227 in proportion to the king’s H4428 [fn]bounty H3027.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 also H1571 held H6213 a banquet H4960 for the women H802 in the [fn]palace H1004 which H834 belonged to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring H935 Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 before H6440 the king H4428 with her royal H4438 turban H3804 in order to display H7200 her beauty H3308 to the people H5971 and the officials H8269, for she was beautiful H2896 H4758.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close H7138 to him, namely, Carshena H3771, Shethar H8369, Admatha H133, Tarshish H8659, Meres H4825, Marsena H4826, and Memucan H4462, the seven H7651 officials H8269 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who [fn]had H7200 access H7200 to the king’s H4428 presence H6440 and sat H3427 in the first H7223 place in the kingdom H4438
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let a royal H4438 [fn]edict H1697 be issued H3318 by him and let it be written H3789 in the laws H1881 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 so that it cannot H3808 [fn]be repealed H5674, that Vashti H2060 may not come H935 into the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal H4438 position H4438 to [fn]another H7468 who is more H4480 worthy H2896 than H4480 she.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “When the king’s H4428 edict H6599 which H834 he will make H6213 is heard H8085 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, [fn]great H7227 as it is, then all H3605 women H802 will give H5414 honor H3366 to their husbands H1167, great H1419 and small H6996.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And may the king H4428 appoint H6485 overseers H6496 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438, and have them [fn]bring H6908 every H3605 beautiful H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgin H1330 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800, to the harem H1004 H802, into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631, who is in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802; and let their cosmetics H8562 be given H5414 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther H635 was taken H3947 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 in his royal H4438 palace H1004 in the tenth H6224 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Tebeth H2887, in the seventh H7651 year H8141 of his reign H4438.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 -

The king H4428 loved H157 Esther H635 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the women H802, and she found H5375 favor H2580 and kindness H2617 with him more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the virgins H1330, so that he set H7760 the royal H4438 turban H3804 on her head H7218 and made H4427 her queen H4427 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Vashti H2060.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]considered H959 H5869 it beneath H959 H5869 his dignity H959 H5869 to [fn]kill H7971 H3027 Mordecai H4782 alone H905, for they had told H5046 him who the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 were; so Haman H2001 sought H1245 to annihilate H8045 all H3605 the Jews H3064, the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782, who H834 were found throughout H3605 the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325.

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