Kingdom
מַמְלָכוּתStrong’s H4468mamlakhut (mam-la-khut)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mamlakhut is the Hebrew word usually translated “kingdom of” and “reign of”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.”
Meaning
- Kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereigntykingdom · dominion, royal power · reign
How it's translated
- kingdom of 8
- reign of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 5
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Hosea 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Joshua 13:27And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
- Joshua 13:30And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
- Joshua 13:31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
- 1 Samuel 15:28And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
- 2 Samuel 16:3And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
Hebrew dictionary
מַמְלָכוּת mamlakhut · kingdom
1) kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty 1a) kingdom 1b) dominion, royal power 1c) reign
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.