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Lexicon :: Strong's H4446 - milkōṯ

Aa
מִלְכֹּת
Transliteration
milkōṯ
Pronunciation
mel-eh'-keth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1199c

Strong’s Definitions

מְלֶכֶת mᵉleketh, mel-eh'-keth; from H4427; a queen:—queen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H4446 in the following manner: queen (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H4446 in the following manner: queen (5x).

  1. queen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלֶכֶת mᵉleketh, mel-eh'-keth; from H4427; a queen:—queen.
STRONGS H4446: Abbreviations
† מְלֶ֫כֶת noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol§ 147 d Köii, 169 n. GieJeremiah 7:18 BaNB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606); — only construct הַשָּׁמַיִם מ׳ Jeremiah 7:18 + 4 times Jeremiah = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schrbelow and others; (> = מְלֶאכֶת (Manuscripts), construct of מְלָאכָה (see לאך), worship of the heavens (CastLex. Syr.), or creative work of the heavens, collective = צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ host of heaven, Stabelow (compare Greek Version of the LXX); see SchrCOT Jeremiah 7:18; SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff. StaZAW 1886,123 ff. 289 ff. KueGes. Abh. 186 ff. WeSkizzen iii. 38 NöZMG xli. 1889, 710 f. RSSemitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189) GrünbZMG xiii.1888, 45); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem הַשּׁ׳ לַעֲשׂוֺת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ׳ Jeremiah 7:18 (|| הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים); הַשּׁ׳ לְקַטֵּר לִמ׳ Jeremiah 44:17, 18, 19, 25 (all || הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים).
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Jeremiah

7:18; 7:18; 7:18; 7:18; 44:17; 44:18; 44:19; 44:25

H4446

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Strong's Number H4446 matches the Hebrew מִלְכֹּת (milkōṯ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - The children go for wood, the fathers get the fire burning, the women are working the paste to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and drink offerings are drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them.
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