מֶ֫לֶךְ

me.lekh

Hebrew H4428 Noun, masculine 2,525 occurrences in 1,921 verses

מֶ֫לֶךְ king

1. king

Aramaic equivalent: me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "king" H4430)

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Concordance 1,921 verses

Judges 5:19 מְלָכִים֙מַלְכֵ֣י

Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Judges 8:5 מַלְכֵ֥י

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Judges 8:12 מַלְכֵ֣י

When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
Judges 8:18 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
Judges 8:26 מַלְכֵ֣י

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
Judges 9:6 לְמֶ֑לֶךְ

Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
Judges 9:8 מֶ֑לֶךְ

One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
Judges 9:15 לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙

But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
Judges 11:12 מֶ֥לֶךְ

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
Judges 11:13 מֶ֨לֶךְ

The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
Judges 11:14 מֶ֖לֶךְ

Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
Judges 11:17 מֶלֶךְ֩מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֧לֶךְ

Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
Judges 11:19 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֣לֶךְ

And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
Judges 11:25 מֶ֣לֶךְ

Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
Judges 11:28 מֶ֖לֶךְ

But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
Judges 17:6 מֶ֖לֶךְ

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:1 מֶ֖לֶךְ

In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
Judges 19:1 וּמֶ֖לֶךְ

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 21:25 מֶ֖לֶךְ

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
1 Samuel 2:10 לְמַלְכּ֔וֹ

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
1 Samuel 8:5 מֶ֛לֶךְ

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
1 Samuel 8:6 מֶ֖לֶךְ

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:9 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
1 Samuel 8:10 מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס

So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
1 Samuel 8:11 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:18 מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
1 Samuel 8:19 מֶ֖לֶךְ

Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
1 Samuel 8:20 מַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙

Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
1 Samuel 8:22 מֶ֑לֶךְ

“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
1 Samuel 10:19 מֶ֖לֶךְ

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
1 Samuel 10:24 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
1 Samuel 12:1 מֶֽלֶךְ׃

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
1 Samuel 12:2 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
1 Samuel 12:9 מֶ֣לֶךְ

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
1 Samuel 12:12 מֶ֣לֶךְמֶ֖לֶךְמַלְכְּכֶֽם׃

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
1 Samuel 12:13 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְמֶֽלֶךְ׃

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
1 Samuel 12:14 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
1 Samuel 12:17 מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 12:19 מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 12:25 מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
1 Samuel 14:47 וּבְמַלְכֵ֤י

After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
1 Samuel 15:1 לְמֶ֔לֶךְ

Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:8 מֶֽלֶךְ־

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
1 Samuel 15:11 לְמֶ֔לֶךְ

“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
1 Samuel 15:17 לְמֶ֖לֶךְ

And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
1 Samuel 15:20 מֶ֣לֶךְ

“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
1 Samuel 15:23 מִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
1 Samuel 15:26 מֶ֖לֶךְ

“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
1 Samuel 15:32 מֶ֣לֶךְ

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
1 Samuel 16:1 מֶֽלֶךְ׃

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”