מֶלֶךְ
melek · H4430 · Aramaic · 180 occurrences
Meanings
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king, ruler
Supreme secular and male ruler of a nation or people; associated with authority, power, honor, but also with justice; also used as a reference to one's deity
ExamplesEzra 4:8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—
Ezra 4:11 this is a copy of the letter which they sent to him: “To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men of the region beyond the Euphrates River; and now
Ezra 4:12 let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- מֶלֶךְking 2
- פָּרַסPersia 2
- בַּבֶלBabylon 2
- שָׁמַיִןheaven 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
12 occurrences in 17 groups
- Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
Named alongside itApposition
45 occurrences in 8 groups
- נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרNebuchadnezzar 16
- דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDarius 9
- כּוֹרֶשׁCyrus 6
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּאArtaxerxes 6
- בֵּלְשַׁאצַּרBelshazzar 4
- אַבfather 4
What it doesIt is the subject
42 occurrences in 23 groups
- עֲנָהanswer 11
- קוּםappoint 4
- אֲמַרto say 3
- שְׁאֵלask 3
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- מְגַרdestroy 1
- נְזַקhave damage 1
- עֲדָאto pass away, to be taken away 1
- קוּםappoint 1
- שְׁפַלabase 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חֵיוָאbeast 1
- אַנְתָּהyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
36 occurrences in 5 groups
- לto/for 36
- קֳדָםbefore 22
- עַלon, upon, over, against 7
- מִןfrom 4
- עִםby 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
23 occurrences in 18 groups
- מִלָּהcommandment 5
- Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- βασιλεύς basileús · G935 · king
- Greek βασιλεύς directly translates Aramaic מֶלֶךְ as the standard rendering for 'king' across LXX alignment data, representing the same core concept of a sovereign ruler with no meaningful semantic distinction between the two terms.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Leaders001001003005
- Daniel 2:37 recounts Daniel's declaration, “You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the honor.”
- Names of Constructions003001003
- This Names of Constructions code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with the Hebrew forms (מֶלֶךְ (melek, H4428), מֶלֶךְ (Melek, H4429)), whose sense names the specific location “King's Gate”; this word's own occurrences never name that gate, only the office of king.
- Names of People003001007
- This Names of People code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's sense as the personal name “Melech”; this word's own occurrences never use it as a personal name, only as the title of a ruler.
- Names of Deities003001004
- This Names of Deities code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's sense as the pagan deity name “Melech; Molech”; this word's own occurrences never name that deity, even where it titles the true God as king.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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