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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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[fn] the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

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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 him)
To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the region beyond the River, and so forth:[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem, and are building the rebellious and evil city, and are finishing its walls and repairing the foundations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - Let it now be known to the king that, if this city is built and the walls completed, they will not pay tax, tribute, or custom, and the king’s treasury will be diminished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now because we receive support from the palace, it was not proper for us to see the king’s dishonor; therefore we have sent and informed the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. And you will find in the book of the records and know that this city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, and that they have incited sedition within the city in former times, for which cause this city was destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We inform the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the result will be that you will have no dominion 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, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder beyond the River:
Peace, and so forth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - And I gave the command, and a search has been made, and it was found that this city in former times has revolted against kings, and rebellion and sedition have been fostered in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the region beyond the River; and tax, tribute, and custom were paid to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - Take heed now that you do not fail to do this. Why should damage increase to the hurt of the kings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem against the Jews, and by force of arms made them cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - Thus the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ceased, and it was discontinued 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 - This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:
The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:7 - (They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus)
To Darius the king:
All peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and 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 thus they returned us an answer, saying: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - “But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and carried the people away to Babylon.

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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, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - “Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon—those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his pleasure concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives,[fn] where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king’s treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Moreover I issue a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God: Let the cost be paid at the king’s expense from taxes on the region beyond the River; this is to be given immediately to these men, so that they are not hindered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma 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 - And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius issue a decree; let it be done diligently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - Artaxerxes,[fn] king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
Perfect peace, and so forth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - And whereas you are being sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, with regard 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 whereas you are to carry 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 more may be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to provide, pay for it from the king’s treasury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently,

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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 diligently be done for the house of the God of heaven. For why should there be wrath 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 observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it be death, or banishment, or confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic,[fn] “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:7 - They answered again and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will give its interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:8 - The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you would gain time, because you see that my decision is firm:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - “It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell 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 - For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:16 - So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:21 - And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises 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 - “I thank You and praise You,
O God of my fathers;
You have given me wisdom and might,
And have now made known to me what we asked of You,
For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, 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; take me before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation.”

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