Strong's Lexicon

H4430

H4430 — מֶלֶך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Aramaicmeleknoun mascOccurrences: 180TWOT: 2829a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4430
Word:	מֶלֶך
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H4428
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	180
Transliteration:	melek
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	meh'-lek
Meaning:	1. a king
KJV Renderings:	king, royal.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9662

מֶ֫לֶךְ₁₇₈ noun masculine king (general Semitic; see Biblical Hebrew); — ׳ מ absolute Dan 2:10 + 2 t.; construct Dan 4:34 + 6 t.; usually emphatic מַלְכָּא Ezra 4:8 + 154 t., ָ ה Dan 2:11 plural מַלְכִין Ezra 4:15 + 9 t., ִ ים Ezra 4:13 (Hebraism, BeRy M⁴¹*); emphatic מַלְכַיָּא Dan 2:44 + 2 t.; — king Dan 2:4; Dan 2:5 + 132 t. Daniel; Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:11 + 42 t. Ezra (מֶלָךְ מַלְכַיָּא of Nebuchadnezzar Dan 2:37, of Artaxerxes Ezra 7:12 [compare Cooke^{71.3, of Xerxes}]; מַלְכִין Dan 7:17 = kingdoms, compare מַלְכוּ Dan 7:23).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלך (meh'-lech)

Ezra 4:8

KJV: Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:scribe: or, secretary

EHCC: Artaxerxes the King in this sort:

Ezra 5:6

KJV: The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

EHCC: sent unto Darius the king:

Ezra 12:0

EHCC: f Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,

Ezra 6:1

KJV: Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.rolls: Chaldee, bookslaid up: Chaldee, made to descend

EHCC: Then Darius the king made a decree,

Ezra 7:12

KJV: Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.unto…: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc

EHCC: Artaxerxes, king of kings,

Ezra 21:1

EHCC: Artaxerxes the king, do make

Daniel 2:4

KJV: Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.O king…: (Chaldee, to the end of chapter seven)

EHCC: O king, live for ever:

Daniel 2:11

KJV: And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

EHCC: that can shew it before the king,

Daniel 8:1

KJV: In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.

EHCC: Nebuchadnezzar the Ls Era

Daniel 4:1

KJV: Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

EHCC: (3:31). Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all

Daniel 5:1

KJV: Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

EHCC: Belshazzar the king made a great feast |

Daniel 3:7

KJV: Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

EHCC: + in before the king. (And)

Daniel 5:17

KJV: Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.rewards: or, fee

EHCC: 1 will read the writing unto the king,

Daniel 6:2

KJV: And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

EHCC: (3). and the king should have no damage.