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)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 1,921 verses

1 Samuel 17:25 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀

Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
1 Samuel 17:55 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
1 Samuel 17:56 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
1 Samuel 18:6 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
1 Samuel 18:18 לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
1 Samuel 18:22 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְבַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
1 Samuel 18:23 בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ

But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
1 Samuel 18:25 לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 18:26 בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
1 Samuel 18:27 לַמֶּ֔לֶךְבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ

David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
1 Samuel 19:4 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
1 Samuel 20:5 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
1 Samuel 20:24 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
1 Samuel 20:25 הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ

He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
1 Samuel 20:29 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס

saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
1 Samuel 21:2 הַמֶּלֶךְ֮

“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
1 Samuel 21:8 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
1 Samuel 21:10 מֶ֥לֶךְ

That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
1 Samuel 21:11 מֶ֣לֶךְ

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
1 Samuel 21:12 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:3 מֶ֣לֶךְ

From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
1 Samuel 22:4 מֶ֣לֶךְ

So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with him the whole time David was in the stronghold.
1 Samuel 22:11 הַמֶּ֡לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס

Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
1 Samuel 22:14 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
1 Samuel 22:15 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ

Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
1 Samuel 22:16 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

But the king replied, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”
1 Samuel 22:17 הַמֶּ֡לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
1 Samuel 22:18 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
1 Samuel 23:20 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Now, O king, come down whenever your soul desires, and we will be responsible for delivering him into your hand.”
1 Samuel 24:8 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
1 Samuel 24:14 מֶ֣לֶךְ

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
1 Samuel 25:36 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
1 Samuel 26:14 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ

And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
1 Samuel 26:15 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ

So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
1 Samuel 26:16 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
1 Samuel 26:17 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.
1 Samuel 26:19 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
1 Samuel 26:20 מֶ֣לֶךְ

So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
1 Samuel 26:22 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.
1 Samuel 27:2 מֶ֥לֶךְ

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 27:6 לְמַלְכֵ֣י

That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
1 Samuel 28:13 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
1 Samuel 29:3 מֶֽלֶךְ־

Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
1 Samuel 29:8 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
2 Samuel 2:4 לְמֶ֖לֶךְ

Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
2 Samuel 2:7 לְמֶ֖לֶךְ

Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”
2 Samuel 2:11 מֶ֛לֶךְ

And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Samuel 3:3 מֶ֥לֶךְ

his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
2 Samuel 3:17 לְמֶ֖לֶךְ

Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
2 Samuel 3:21 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.