Strong's Hebrew · H4428
H4428 melek
מֶלֶךְ
meh'-lek
king
Looking for Greek G4428 ptýssō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4428. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
melek appears 2,522 times in Scripture, including Genesis 14:1 and Genesis 14:2. 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
a king
In the King James Version
king, royal.
Derivation
from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
Appears 2,522 times in Scripture
“In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,”
“In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim”
“went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).”
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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).
