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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 3 / 3 (Dan 5:9–Dan 7:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - The queen,[fn] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!” she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 - So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17 - Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18 - “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:30 - That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians,[fn] was slain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:6 - So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:9 - So King Darius put the decree in writing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:14 - When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16 - So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:19 - At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:20 - When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:21 - Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:25 - Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth: “May you prosper greatly!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:1 - In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:17 - ‘The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24 - The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings.

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