Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H4427: מָלַךְ (mâlak) Definition

Strong's number
H4427
Lemma
מָלַךְ
Transliteration
mâlak
Pronunciation
maw-lak'
Strong's definition
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely. a primitive root;

279 instances of the word מָלַךְ mâlak (H4427)


  • 2 Samuel 15:10 - sent Absalom spies throughout all the tribes of Israel saying As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet saying reigneth Absalom in Hebron

  • 2 Samuel 16:8 - hath returned The LORD because thou art a bloody of the house of Saul in whose stead thou hast reigned hath delivered The LORD the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son and behold thou art taken in thy mischief man because thou art a bloody

  • Daniel 9:1 - year In the first of Darius the son of Ahasuerus of the seed of the Medes which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans

  • Daniel 9:2 - of the years In the first of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet that he would accomplish in the desolations of Jerusalem seventy of the years

  • Ecclesiastes 4:14 - he cometh to reign in his kingdom whereas also he that is born becometh poor

  • Esther 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days this is Ahasuerus this is Ahasuerus which reigned from India even unto Ethiopia and seven and twenty over an hundred provinces

  • Esther 1:3 - year In the third of his reign he made a feast and princes and his servants the power of Persia and Media the nobles and princes of the provinces being before

  • Esther 2:4 - And let the maiden pleased the king be queen instead of Vashti pleased And the thing the king and he did so

  • Esther 2:17 - loved And the king Esther above all the women and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins so that he set crown the royal upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti

  • Exodus 15:18 - The LORD shall reign for ever and ever

  • Ezekiel 17:16 - As I live saith the Lord surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king he despised whose oath he brake and whose covenant even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die

  • Ezekiel 20:33 - As I live saith the Lord GOD hand surely with a mighty arm and with a stretched out and with fury poured out will I rule

  • Genesis 36:31 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before that reigned And these are the kings over the children of Israel

  • Genesis 36:32 - reigned in Edom And Bela the son of Beor and the name of his city was Dinhabah

  • Genesis 36:33 - died And Bela reigned and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah

  • Genesis 36:34 - died And Jobab reigned and Husham of the land of Temani

  • Genesis 36:35 - died And Husham reigned and Hadad the son of Bedad who smote Midian in the field of Moab in his stead and the name of his city was Avith

  • Genesis 36:36 - died And Hadad reigned and Samlah of Masrekah

  • Genesis 36:37 - died And Samlah reigned and Saul of Rehoboth by the river

  • Genesis 36:38 - died And Saul reigned and Baalhanan the son of Achbor