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Kingship

מְלוּכָהStrong’s H4410

melukhah (me-lu-khah)

Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Melukhah is the Hebrew word usually translated “kingship”, “royalty” and “into kingship”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;”
Daniel 1:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Kingship, royalty, kingly office
How it's translated
  • the kingship 14
  • royalty 7
  • kingship 1
  • a kingship 1
  • into kingship 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Kings 6
  • 1 Samuel 5
  • 2 Samuel 2
  • Isaiah 2
  • Ezekiel 2
  • 2 Kings 1

11 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מְלוּכָה melukhah · kingship

kingship, royalty, kingly office

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “kingship” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

KING'SHIP, noun

Royalty; the state, office or dignity of a king.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.