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Lexicon :: Strong's H4438 - malḵûṯ

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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

H4438

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - He shall pour water from his buckets,
And his seed shall be in many waters.

“His king shall be higher than Agag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - “For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:10 - Now these were the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - Now these were the numbers of the divisions that were equipped for war, and came to David at Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:11 - “And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:14 - “And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:10 - ‘He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - Among the Hebronites, Jerijah was head of the Hebronites according to his genealogy of the fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought, and there were found among them capable men at Jazer of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:5 - “And of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:7 - ‘Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he is steadfast to observe My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:30 - with all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:1 - Now Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and exalted him exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:1 - Then Solomon determined to build a temple for the name of the LORD, and a royal house for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Hiram[fn] also said:
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, for He has given King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal house for himself!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:2 - And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - “then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man as ruler in Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:17 - So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:1 - Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel along with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:12 - And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:30 - Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:19 - “Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13 - and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 - Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:35 - For they have not served You in their kingdom,
Or in the many good things that You gave them,
Or in the large and rich land which You set before them;
Nor did they turn from their wicked works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:22 - During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers’ houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan[fn] the citadel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his excellent majesty for many days, one hundred and eighty days in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - And they served drinks in golden vessels, each vessel being different from the other, with royal wine in abundance, according to the generosity of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials, for she was beautiful to behold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king’s presence, and who ranked highest in the kingdom):

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it pleases the king, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it will not be altered, that Vashti shall come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “When the king’s decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will honor their husbands, both great and small.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of Hegai[fn] the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.

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