מַמְלָכָה
mamlâkâh · H4467 · Hebrew · 117 occurrences
Meanings
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kingship, kingdom
State in which a person or deity has been entrusted with the office of king or queen
ExamplesGenesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Deuteronomy 17:20 so that his heart will not be haughty toward his countrymen, and that he will not turn away from the commandment to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may live long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.
1 Samuel 13:13 But Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly! You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for the LORD would now have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
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kingdom, realm
The realm of a king or queen including the people, the land, and all other assets
ExamplesGenesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”
Exodus 19:6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 3:4 “We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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royalty, royal
State in which people or objects are associated with a king or queen
ExamplesDeuteronomy 17:18 “Now it shall come about, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this Law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Joshua 10:2 that he feared greatly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
1 Samuel 27:5 Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your sight, have them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, so that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
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
51 occurrences in 18 groups
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 19
- הוּhis 7
- עוֹגOg 4
- ךָyour 4
- גּוֹיnation, people 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
14 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- מֶמְשָׁלָהrule 2
- בָּשָׁןBashan 1
- יֶתֶרremainder 1
- אַרְגֹּבArgob 1
What it doesIt is the subject
15 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
What is done to itIt is the object
27 occurrences in 16 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 5
- קָרַעto tear, to rend, to cut 5
- כּוּןto establish, to prepare 3
- Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יֵשׁthere is, there are 1
- נָקִיinnocent 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַיִןeye, sight 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
37 occurrences in 5 groups
- לto/for 26
- עַלon, upon, over, against 16
- בin/on/with 6
- מִןfrom 5
- אֵתwith 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
24 occurrences in 15 groups
- כִּסֵּאthrone, seat 5
- עִירcity, town 3
- רֵאשִׁיתbeginning, first, best 3
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
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
- βασιλεία is the standard Greek translation equivalent for מַמְלָכָה across both abstract senses (rule, reign, royalty) and concrete senses (kingdom, realm), representing the primary cross-linguistic equivalent pair for kingdom terminology between Hebrew and Septuagint Greek.
- מַלְכוּ malkûw · H4437 · kingdom, reign
- Aramaic cognate מַלְכוּ (malkûw, H4437) functions as the direct morphological reflex of Hebrew מַמְלָכָה (mamlâkâh, H4467) across the sister languages of the biblical corpus, both denoting the domain or period of royal rule ('kingdom,' 'reign') from the shared root mlk.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Control002003002007
- מַמְלָכָה denotes the exercise of royal rule, as when Abimelech fears that Abraham's presence has brought sin on his kingdom, meaning his realm of authority.
- Groups001001003004
- מַמְלָכָה can denote the people constituting a kingdom as a collective group, as in the LORD's charge that Israel become "a kingdom of priests," a people set apart.
- Land001002002
- מַמְלָכָה denotes the territory of a kingdom, as with the kingdoms of Sihon and Og that Israel conquers and whose land, cities, and territories pass to the tribes.
- Attribute002001001
- מַמְלָכָה also functions to describe something as royal or kingly in quality, an attribute of the realm or its associated offices and institutions.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4467. mamlakah מַמְלָכָה noun feminine kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign; — absolute…
מַמְלָכָה noun feminine kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign; — absolute ׳מ Jos 10:2 +; construct מַמְלֶ֫כֶת Exo 19:6 Exo 19:11t. (including Mic 4:8 before לְ); suffix מַמְלַכְתִּי Gen 20:9 +, etc.; plural מַמְלָכוֺת Deu 3:21 +; construct מַמְלְכוֺת Deu 28:25 +; —
1 kingdom, realm, chiefly non-Israel: Gen 10:10 (J), Gen 20:9 (E), Num 32:33 (twice in verse) (P), Deu 3:4, Deu 3:10, Deu 3:13, Deu 3:21; Deu 28:25; Jos 11:10 (D), 1Sa 10:18; 1Ki 5:1; 1Ki 10:20; 1Ki 18:10 (twice in verse) (both || גּוֺי), Isa 10:10; 1Ch 16:20 = Psa 105:13 (|| עַם and גּוֺי), Psa 135:11; Isa 14:16; Isa 19:2 (twice in verse); Isa 23:11; 2Ch 9:19; 2Ch 14:4; 2Ch 29:21; 2Ch 32:15 (|| גּוֺי), Neh 9:22 (|| עַם, Psa 46:7 (|| גוֺי), Psa 79:6 (|| id.), Psa 102:23 (|| עַם, Isa 60:12 (|| גּוֺי), so Jer 1:10; Jer 18:7, Jer 18:9; Jer 27:8; Jer 28:8; Jer 49:28; Jer 51:20, Jer 51:27; Amo 6:2; Nah 3:5; Zep 3:8; Hag 2:22; Eze 17:14; Eze 29:14-15, Eze 37:22; הַגּוֺיִם מַמְלְכוֺת2Ch 20:6, compare Isa 13:4; הָאָרֶץ מַמְלְכוֺת 2Ki 19:15, 2Ki 19:19 = Isa 37:16, Isa 37:20; 2Ch 36:23 = Ezr 1:2; Psa 68:33; Isa 23:17; Jer 15:4; Jer 24:9; Jer 25:26; Jer 29:18; Jer 34:1, Jer 34:17; הָֽאֲרָצוֺת מַמְלְכוֺת 1Ch 29:30; 2Ch 12:8; 2Ch 17:10; 2Ch 20:29; of Israel Amo 9:8; Deu 17:20; 2Sa 3:28; Lam 2:2; 2Ch 21:4; compare כֹּהֲָנִים מַמְלֶכֶת Exo 19:6 (|| קָדוֺשׁ גּוֺי); of Messianic king Isa 9:6; מַמְלָכוֺת צְבִי (of Babylon) Isa 13:19, מ ׳גְּבֶרֶת (id.) Isa 47:5; צָפ֫וֺנָה מַמְלְכוֺת מִשְׁמְּחֹת Jer 1:15.
2 sovereignty, dominion 1Sa 13:14 (Israel; with תָּקוּם), compare 1Sa 24:21; 2Ch 13:8 ׳מ ׳י דָּוִיד בְּנֵי בְּיַד; י ׳לְךָ ׳הַמַּמ 1Ch 29:11; בְּיַד חָֽזְקָה 2Ki 14:5; ׳ח עַל2Ch 25:3 בְּיַד הֶחֱזִיק 2Ki 15:19 compare 2Ch 22:9; מ ׳הֵכִין אֶל (subject ׳י) 1Sa 13:13 (Israel), compare 2Sa 7:12, 2Sa 7:16 (|| בַּיִת); 2Ch 17:5 (בְּיַד) compare 1Ki 2:46 (בְּיַד נָכוֺנָה); מ ׳נִשֵּׂא (subject ׳י) 2Sa 5:12; מ ׳נָתַן עַל לְדָוִד (subject ׳י) 2Ch 13:5, compare 2Ch 21:3; הַמּ ׳קָרַע מִן (subject ׳י) 1Sa 28:17 (Israel), 1Ki 11:11 (followed by מֵעַל), 1Ki 11:31; 1Ki 14:8; מִן omitted 1Ki 11:13; מִיָּדוֺ לָקַח 1Ki 11:34 (or = kingdom ?), מ ׳הֶעֱבִיד מִן (subject ׳י), 2Sa 3:10 (Israel); מ ׳נִשְׁבַּת מִן Isa 17:3; compare הַמּ ׳תָּשׁוּב לְ 1Ki 12:26; ובאהמ֗֗֗ ׳תאתה עדיך Mic 4:8; מ ׳הֵשִׁיב לְ2Ch 11:1; ׳מ כִּסֵּא Deu 17:18 (Israel; עַל יָשַׁב), 2Sa 7:13 (י ׳כֹּנֵן), 1Ki 9:5 (י ׳הֵקִים) 2Ch 23:20, מַמְלָכוֺת כִּסֵּא Hag 2:22; מ ׳בֵּית royal house Amo 7:13; הַמּ ׳עָרֵי royal cities Jos 10:2 compare 1Sa 27:5; הַמּ ׳זֶרַע royal seed, children, 2Ki 11:1 2Ch 22:10.
3 reign, מ ׳בְּרֵאשִׁית Jer 27:1; Jer 28:1 in the beginning of the reign of (compare מַלְכוּת
2, מַמְלָכוּת 3).
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.
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