King
מֶ֫לֶךְStrong’s H4430melekh (me-lekh)
Appears in 131 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Melekh is the Aramaic word usually translated “king the”, “king o” and “kings”. It appears in 131 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- King
How it's translated
- king the 112
- king o 23
- to king the 17
- kings 11
- king of 7
- and king the 4
- king 2
- kings the 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 94
- Ezra 37
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:5In contextThe king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
- Daniel 2:7In contextThey answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
- Daniel 2:8In contextThe king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
- Daniel 2:10In contextThe Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
- Daniel 2:11In contextAnd 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.
- Daniel 2:12In contextFor this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
All 131 verses, by book
- Ezra 37
- 4:84:114:124:134:144:154:164:174:194:204:224:234:245:65:75:85:115:125:135:145:176:16:36:46:86:106:126:136:146:157:127:147:157:207:217:237:26
- Daniel 94
- 2:42:52:72:82:102:112:122:142:152:162:212:232:242:252:262:272:282:292:302:312:362:372:442:452:462:472:482:493:13:23:33:53:73:93:103:123:133:163:173:183:223:243:273:283:304:14:184:194:224:234:244:274:284:304:314:375:15:25:35:55:65:75:85:95:105:115:125:135:175:185:306:26:36:66:76:86:96:126:136:146:156:166:176:186:196:206:216:226:236:246:257:17:177:24
Aramaic dictionary
מֶ֫לֶךְ melekh · king
king Aramaic of me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4428) § 1) king
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “king” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KING, noun
- The chief or sovereign of a nation; a man invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country; a monarch.
- A sovereign; a prince; a ruler. Psalms 2:6
- A card having the picture of a king; as the king of diamonds.
- The chief piece in the game of chess.
All definitions and other forms of “king”
KING, verb transitive
In ludicrous language, to supply with a king or to make royal; to raise to royalty.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.