מַלְכוּ
malkûw · H4437 · Aramaic · 57 occurrences
Meanings
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kingship, kingdom, reign
State in which a person or deity has been entrusted with the office of king or queen
ExamplesEzra 4:24 Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem was discontinued, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 6:15 Now this temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
Ezra 7:23 “Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, it shall be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.
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kingdom, realm
The area controled by a king or queen including the land and all other assets
ExamplesEzra 7:13 I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who are willing to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
Daniel 4:17 “This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers, And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And He grants it to whomever He wishes And sets over it the lowliest of people.”
Daniel 4:18 ‘This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, since none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because a spirit of the holy gods is in you.’
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royal
State in which objects are associated with a king or queen
ExamplesDaniel 4:29 “Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.
Daniel 4:30 “The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’
How it’s used In 9 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
26 occurrences in 9 groups
- הוּhis 6
- יmy 5
- אֱנָשׁhuman 4
- ךָyour 4
- דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDarius 3
- Other words · 4 groups that occur once or twice (5) 5
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 8 groups
- אׇחֳרִיother 2
- רְבִיעַיfourth 2
- חֲבַלdestroy 1
- אִלֵּיןthe 1
- נְחָשׁbrass 1
- שְׁלֵטhave the mastery 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֲרַעearth 1
- הָher 1
What it doesIt is the subject
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 2
- הָוָאto be 1
- עֲדָאto pass away, to be taken away 1
- פְּלַגdivided 1
- פְּרַסdivide 1
- קוּםappoint 1
What is done to itIt is the object
10 occurrences in 8 groups
- חֲסַןpossess 2
- יְהַבdeliver 2
- קְבַלreceive 2
- דְּקַקbreak to pieces 1
- הָוָאto be 1
- מְנָאto appoint, to number 1
What it is said to bePredicate
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- דָּרgeneration 2
- חֲבַלdestroy 2
- מַלְכוּkingdom, reign 2
- קַיָּםstedfast 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַלְכוּkingdom, reign 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
19 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 15
- עַלon, upon, over, against 8
- מִןfrom 2
- לto/for 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
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 2 words
- βασιλεία basileía · G932 · rule, reign, kingdom
- Greek βασιλεία is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew מַלְכוּ, both denoting the core concept of kingship/kingdom/royal rule with overlapping abstract (reign, rule) and concrete (realm, domain) senses.
- βασίλειος basíleios · G934 · kingly
- βασίλειος (basíleios, G934) βασίλειος denotes the adjectival quality 'kingly/royal in nature,' whereas מַלְכוּ (malkûw, H4437) מַלְכוּ primarily denotes the concrete noun 'kingdom/realm/reign' itself; the Greek term describes royal character or status, while the Hebrew term names the sovereign domain or rule.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Control002003002007
- Daniel 2:37 has Daniel tell Nebuchadnezzar, “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.”
- Land001002002
- Daniel 2:39 has Daniel continue, “after you another kingdom will arise inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.”
- Attribute002001001
- Daniel 4:3 has Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation declare of God, “how great are His signs And how mighty are His miracles! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation.”
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4437. malku מַלְכוּ noun feminine royalty, reign, kingdom; — absolute ׳מ Dan 2:39 +;…
מַלְכוּ noun feminine royalty, reign, kingdom; — absolute ׳מ Dan 2:39 +; construct מַלְכוּת Ezr 4:24 +; emphatic תָא- Dan 2:37 +, תָה- Dan 2:44; suffix תִי- Dan 4:15 +, הֵתּ- Daniel 3:33 +, תָךְ- Dan 4:23 +; plural construct מַלְכְוָת Dan 7:27; emphatic וָתָא- Dan 2:44; Dan 7:23; —
1 royalty, kingship, kingly authority: Dan 4:23; Dan 4:28; Dan 4:33; מ ׳הֵיכַל Dan 4:26, מ ׳בֵּית Dan 4:27, כָּרְסֵא Dan 5:20.
2 organized (world-) kingdom: Dan 2:39 (twice in verse); Dan 2:40-41, Dan 2:42, Dan 2:44; Dan 7:23 (twice in verse); Dan 7:24, Dan 7:27; ׳מ אֲנָשָׁא Dan 4:14; Dan 4:22; Dan 4:29; Dan 5:21; of specific kings Dan 2:37; Dan 5:18, Dan 5:28; Dan 6:1; of God Daniel 3:33; Dan 7:27 (both ׳מ עָלַם), Dan 2:44 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:33; Dan 4:31; Dan 6:27; Dan 7:27; of Messiah Dan 7:14 (twice in verse); of saints Dan 7:18 (twice in verse); Dan 7:22, Dan 7:27.
3 realm (territorial) Dan 4:15; Dan 4:33b; Dan 5:7, Dan 5:11, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29; Dan 6:2 (twice in verse); Dan 6:4; Dan 6:8; Dan 6:27; Ezr 7:13, Ezr 7:23; metonymy Ezr 6:5 +?
4 reign, time of reigning Dan 5:26; Daniel 6:29 (twice in verse); Ezr 4:24; Ezr 6:15.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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