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Lexicon :: Strong's H4437 - malkû

Aa
מַלְכּוּ
Transliteration
malkû
Pronunciation
mal-koo'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to מַלְכוּת (H4438)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2829c

Strong’s Definitions

מַלְכוּ malkûw, mal-koo'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4438; dominion (abstractly or concretely):—kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x

The KJV translates Strong's H4437 in the following manner: kingdom (49x), reign (4x), realm (3x), kingly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x
The KJV translates Strong's H4437 in the following manner: kingdom (49x), reign (4x), realm (3x), kingly (1x).

  1. royalty, reign, kingdom

    1. royalty, kingship, kingly authority

    2. kingdom

    3. realm (of territory)

    4. reign (of time)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַלְכוּ malkûw, mal-koo'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4438; dominion (abstractly or concretely):—kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.
STRONGS H4437: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† מַלְכוּ noun feminine royalty, reign, kingdom; — absolute מ׳ Daniel 2:39 +; construct מַלְכוּת Ezra 4:24 +; emphatic תָא_ Daniel 2:37 +, תָה_ Daniel 2:44; suffix תִי_ Daniel 4:15 [Daniel 4:18] +, תֵהּ-_ Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]+, תָך- Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26] +; plural construct מַלְכְוָת Daniel 7:27; emphatic וָתָא_ Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:23; —
1. royalty, kingship, kingly authority: Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26]; Daniel 4:28 [Daniel 4:31]; Daniel 4:33 [Daniel 4:36]; הֵיכַל מ׳ Daniel 4:26 [Daniel 4:29], בֵּית מ׳ Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30], כָּרְסֵא Daniel 5:20.
2. organized (world-) kingdom: Daniel 2:39 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:40, 41, 42, 44; Daniel 7:23 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:24, 27; אֲנָשָׁא מ׳ Daniel 4:14 [Daniel 4:17]; Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:29 [Daniel 4:32]; Daniel 5:21; of specific kings Daniel 2:37; Daniel 5:18, 28; Daniel 6:1 [Daniel 5:31]; of God Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]; Daniel 7:27 (both עָלַם מ׳), Daniel 2:44 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3]; Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34]; Daniel 6:27 [Daniel 6:26]; ">Daniel 7:27; of Messiah Daniel 7:14 (twice in verse); of saints Daniel 7:18 (twice in verse); Daniel 7:22, 27.
3. realm (territorial) Daniel 4:15 [Daniel 4:18]; Daniel 4:33b [Daniel 4:36b]; Daniel 5:7, 11, 16, 29; Daniel 6:2 [Daniel 6:1] (twice in verse); Daniel 6:4 [Daniel 6:3]; Daniel 6:8 [Daniel 6:7]; Daniel 6:27 [Daniel 6:26]; Ezra 7:13, 23; metonymy Ezra 6:5 = administration of realm.
4. reign, time of reigning Daniel 5:26; Daniel 6:29 [Daniel 6:29] (twice in verse); Ezra 4:24; Ezra 6:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:24; 4:24; 6:5; 6:15; 7:13; 7:23

Daniel

2:37; 2:37; 2:39; 2:39; 2:40; 2:41; 2:42; 2:44; 2:44; 2:44; 2:44; 4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:17; 4:18; 4:18; 4:25; 4:26; 4:26; 4:29; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:34; 4:36; 4:36; 5:7; 5:11; 5:16; 5:18; 5:20; 5:21; 5:26; 5:28; 5:29; 5:31; 6:1; 6:3; 6:7; 6:26; 6:26; 6:28; 7:14; 7:18; 7:22; 7:23; 7:23; 7:24; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27; 7:27

H4437

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4437 matches the Hebrew מַלְכּוּ (malkû),
which occurs 57 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13 - And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my kingdom, who are ready and have a desire to go to Jerusalem, are to go with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Whatever is ordered by the God of heaven, let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven; so that there may not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:40 - And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's work and part of iron, there will be a division in the kingdom; but there will be some of the strength of iron in it, because you saw the iron mixed with the potter's earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42 - And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in part of earth, so part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will readily be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - How great are his signs! and how full of power are his wonders! his kingdom is an eternal kingdom and his rule goes on from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw; and do you, O Belteshazzar, make clear the sense of it, for all the wise men of my kingdom are unable to make the sense of it clear to me; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - That they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And as they gave orders to let the broken end and the roots of the tree be, so your kingdom will be safe for you after it is clear to you that the heavens are ruling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:29 - At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of his great house in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

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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 came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:36 - At the same time my reason came back to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my great name came back to me; and my wise men and my lords were turned to me again; and I was made safe in my kingdom and had more power than before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18 - As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20 - But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26 - This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31 - And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - Darius was pleased to put over the kingdom a hundred and twenty captains, who were to be all through the kingdom;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:28 - So this Daniel did well in the kingdom of Darius and in the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22 - Till he came, who was very old, and the decision was made and the authority was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came when the saints took the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:23 - This is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:24 - And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will come to power; and after them another will come up: he will be different from the first ones and will put down three kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure.
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