Kingdom
מַלְכוּStrong’s H4438malkhu (mal-khu)
Appears in 82 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malkhu is the Hebrew word usually translated “kingdom his”, “royalty” and “kingdom of”. It appears in 82 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.”
Meaning
- Royalty, reign, kingdomroyalty, kingship, kingly authority · kingdom · realm (of territory) · reign (of time)
How it's translated
- kingdom his 17
- royalty 12
- kingdom of 11
- of reign of 8
- kingdom your 5
- of reign his 3
- reign of 3
- royalty his 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 21
- 2 Chronicles 17
- Daniel 14
- 1 Chronicles 11
- Ezra 5
- Psalms 5
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:20In contextAnd in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
- Daniel 2:1In contextAnd in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
- Daniel 8:1In contextIn 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.
- Daniel 8:22In contextNow that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
- Daniel 8:23In contextAnd in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Daniel 9:1In contextIn the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
All 82 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מַלְכוּ malkhu · kingdom
1) royalty, reign, kingdom 1a) royalty, kingship, kingly authority 1b) kingdom 1c) realm (of territory) 1d) reign (of time)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “kingdom” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KING'DOM, noun
[king and dom, jurisdiction.]
- The territory or country subject to a king; an undivided territory under the dominion of a king or monarch.
- The inhabitants or population subject to a king.
- In natural history, a division; as the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
- A region; a tract; the place where any thing prevails and holds sway; as the watery kingdom
All definitions
- In Scripture, the government or universal dominion of God. 1 Chronicles 29:11Psalms 145:11
- The power of supreme administration. 1 Samuel 18:8
- A princely nation or state.“Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests” Exodus 19:6
- Heaven. Matthew 26:29
- State of glory in heaven. Matthew 5:3
- The reign of the Messiah.
- Government; rule; supreme administration.
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.