Strong's Hebrew · H4427
H4427 mâlak
מָלַךְ
maw-lak'
to reign
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mâlak appears 347 times in Scripture, including Genesis 36:31 and Genesis 36:32. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
In the King James Version
consult, × indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, × surely.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 347 times in Scripture
“When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.”
“When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.”
“When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.”
“When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.”
“When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.”
“When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.”
“Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.”
“These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:”
“When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
